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14 quotes by John Boyne

John Boyne Boyne in Dublin, 2010 Born John Boyne (1971-04-30) 30 April 1971 (age 43) Dublin, Ireland Occupation Novelist Nationality Irish Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin (B.A.) University of East Anglia (M.A.) Period 2000–present Notable works The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Absolutist Website johnboyne.com John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist. He is the author of nine novels for adults and four novels for...
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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... →

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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... →

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I suppose books are my real passion in life.

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

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

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

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It's a wonderful thing to write for children.

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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.

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

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

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I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's a nice change of pace each time.

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I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay.

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

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