Top 15 Quotes by John Boyne

About John Boyne

These are some quotes by Irish author John Boyne Novelist, who was born on April 30, 1971.

War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.

War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.

John Boyne

I hope for so much from every book I read. And time and again, I find myself disappointed. I look across my bookshelves and see hundreds of titles which in my memory seem merely mediocre or second-rate. Only occasionally does a novel appear for which I feel a lasting passion, a book that I think could in time become a classic.

John Boyne

It's a wonderful thing to write for children.

It's a wonderful thing to write for children.

John Boyne

It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good environment for an aspiring writer, with lots of events and authors appearing.

It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good environment for an aspiring writer, with lots of events and authors appearing.

John Boyne

I suppose books are my real passion in life.

I suppose books are my real passion in life.

John Boyne

Throughout my teenage years, I read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens every December. It was a story that never failed to excite me, for as well as being a Dickens enthusiast, I have always loved ghost stories.

John Boyne

I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence.

I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence.

John Boyne

What makes a classic is difficult to define. It's entirely subjective, of course. And the term is employed far too promiscuously.

What makes a classic is difficult to define. It's entirely subjective, of course. And the term is employed far too promiscuously.

John Boyne

I can remember being eight, and I like writing about that age of innocence when children still have a sense of wonder.

I can remember being eight, and I like writing about that age of innocence when children still have a sense of wonder.

John Boyne

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

John Boyne

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