Cornelia Funke Quotes

A library book, I imagine, is a happy book.
Cornelia Funke

Happy, Book, Library

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.
Cornelia Funke

Read, English, Example

If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids.
Cornelia Funke

Home, Book, Different

And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider.
Cornelia Funke

Write, Plan, Dragon

And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.
Cornelia Funke

Father, Book, Both

Every German child learns to speak English in school.
Cornelia Funke

School, Speak, Child

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.
Cornelia Funke

Feeling, Real, Books

Everything gets to me. I'm very sentimental.
Cornelia Funke

I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to be found in my books.
Cornelia Funke

Thought, Found, Books

I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination.
Cornelia Funke

Wanted, Year, Decided

I don't like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things.
Cornelia Funke

Different, Same, Read

I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig.
Cornelia Funke

I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there.
Cornelia Funke

Children, Book, Find

I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young.
Cornelia Funke

Love, Young, Listen

I like to visit my horse, have a walk with my dog.
Cornelia Funke

Dog, Walk, Horse

I live in Hamburg; that's in the north. And I live on the outskirts of town. It looks like countryside.
Cornelia Funke

Live, Looks, Town

I love to read aloud.
Cornelia Funke

Love, Read, Aloud

I love to read, I love to watch movies, and I love to be with my children.
Cornelia Funke

Love, Movies, Children

I will try to write books until I drop dead.
Cornelia Funke

Try, Dead, Write

I wish I had more time to visit schools.
Cornelia Funke

Time, Wish, Schools

My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10.
Cornelia Funke

Son, Almost, Daughter

My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that.
Cornelia Funke

Good, She, Stories

My son always says I like very weird music.
Cornelia Funke

Music, Son, Weird

Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads.
Cornelia Funke

She, Inspired, Books

Second, there are so many magical places in books that you can't go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go.
Cornelia Funke

Children, Place, Wanted

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Author

Born: December 10, 1958

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