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Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

I think I'm always somehow interested in characters who want to make one perfect thing, to transcend humanness, even if only for a moment.

Markus Zusak

I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.

Markus Zusak

Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.

Markus Zusak

Living in Sydney, I've taken the chance to start surfing again. One of my best memories of growing up is catching my first proper wave and surfing across it and my brother cheering at me from the shore.

Markus Zusak

I think it's a mistake to think, 'Am I going to write a young adult book, or do I desperately want to write a book for adults?' I think the better ambition is to try to write someone's favorite book, because those categorizations of adult, young adult, become kind of superfluous.

Markus Zusak

I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying.

Markus Zusak

I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because I want to improve with every book.

Markus Zusak

In the case of 'The Book Thief,' my research was hearing the stories of my parents when I was a child. But I started changing the stories when I began moulding the book.

Markus Zusak

I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.

Markus Zusak

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

Markus Zusak

I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.

Markus Zusak

I like to work in the morning, usually from 7-12, and still always hope to do more later. At the end of a book, I just work most of the time, but in general, I like to be working nice and early.

Markus Zusak

For 'The Book Thief,' I wanted only one outcome, and that was for the director to follow his own vision, just as I had.

Markus Zusak