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

I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

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.

Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.

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

I don't really care about awards.

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.

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.