There is something so arbitrary about prizes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Lots of people have objections to prizes of all types, and it would be extraordinary if everybody agreed on anything that's worthwhile - they never do.
Prizes are like butterflies, colorful butterflies that fly away. I don't believe in prizes much.
In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.
Prize lists are out, and you're not on them? Nature of the world - means nothing. Prizes are a lottery.
I don't value prizes of any sort.
The worth of a prize depends on the people who have received it before you.
The nicest part of the prize, perhaps, is the effect on my friends and family. Each of them feels proud and happy to have the relationship with me that they do. In a way, it's as though they received an award too, and I like that very much.
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 am knowledgeable enough about the world of prizes to realize that there is a large degree of luck - both for the recognitions that you receive and those that you did not.
Incentive prizes work.