Quote

I have not won far more awards than I have won.

Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world.

Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.

I don't really care about awards.

I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought.

Awards don't really mean much.

Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.

Awards can't be what's important in your life. Because that only affects you in a sense. Life is so much more than that: It's your family and your friends and that sort of thing.

Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.

Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention of many potential readers who might otherwise have been totally unaware of them.