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"I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind."
"The biggest markets for my books outside the UK are France and Italy, and those are the two countries where I also have the closest personal relationships with my translators - I don't know whether that's a coincidence, or if there's something to be learned from it."
"Some books mirror reality while others are entirely fantasy. My favorite are those that manage to weave both into a world."
"Even a book with completely empty pages will change you because you will start thinking about the reason behind this emptiness and once you enter the thinking territory it means that you entered a territory of change!"
"It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks."
"They want a lip print for their autograph books. I'm a sport; I go along."
"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."
"My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected."
Explore more quotes by Cornelia Funke
"I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination."
"And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it."
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