Stephen Sondheim Quotes

There's something very strange about associating me with that prize. I had hoped for it in a more directed way as a journalist. Somehow as a journalist you know there are Pulitzers out there and you can work hard and get one. To win it for Fiction seems unbelievable.

I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize.

You have the feeling that if you get a Pulitzer, you're somehow set for life.

I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world.

I'm hugely honored [with the Man Booker Prize].

I don't think it's any fun, even if you are one of the most respected authors in the world like Margaret Atwood, to keep being nominated and not win.

I found out I got 'The Little Drummer Girl' and my BAFTA nomination in quick succession, and I just didn't expect it to be like that. I thought there would be a lot more time in between. It's been an overwhelming experience.

If you nominate us for something, we're going to win.

When 'Next to Normal' won the Pulitzer, that was the moment I felt the show was being defined. There's a certain confidence that comes with being selected.

I'm not sure that the culture of literary prizes is always a good thing, but while there are literary prizes, it's nice to be nominated.

Being considered for Sixth Man is definitely something that is pleasing.

It's amazing to be nominated for two Brits, and I'm in great company. I'm not a politician out blagging votes, but if people like what I do and feel like giving me a vote for British Breakthrough, imagine how mint it would be if I actually won.

When I found out I'd won Book of the Year, the first person I called was my mum, who was so happy she cried on the phone. I did a bit too to be honest.

Just to be nominated, and especially as a new artist and a female artist, is a feat. Winning anything is just a bonus.

I was excited to be nominated for the Grammy, but prizes are a little strange.

If you're not going to wear a tiara when you win a Newbery Award, when are you going to wear one?

I was surprised to hear that I would receive an MBE and have no idea where the nomination originated but I'm incredibly grateful.

Every time 'Lady Macbeth' and everyone involved in the film gets nominated, it's amazing.

I don't know how to measure success. I have been fortunate that I got exciting films to do and work with talented directors who brought out the best in me.

I got an email saying we were nominated for a Grammy, and I instantly thought it was a joke. So I started Googling the nominees, and there we were!

When Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize for Literature at the age of 88, she was the oldest person ever to receive the prize and one of only 11 female winners in its history. Her award was the end of a very long journey from a remote farm in Rhodesia to a banquet at Stockholm's Stadshus, the grand city hall in Stockholm.

Winning is a different thing, but even being nominated for an award like Filmfare is an honour.

I've watched the Emmys for almost my whole life, so it was crazy to finally be there in the audience clapping and actually going on stage. Hopefully one day I'll get to be actually nominated.

Though I was nominated for awards for films like 'Tezaab' and 'Apna Sapna Money Money' but I never won an award. Now I am not even nominated for any awards but still I attend the award functions as I love being there despite figuring prominently in a lot of leg pulling that goes around in the award ceremonies.