John Boyne Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

“I suppose books are my real passion in life.”

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

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

“People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in them.”

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

“It's a wonderful thing to write for children.”

“Unless you're very boring, I think most people who've lived long enough have something in their past which will never go away.”

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