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Book Quotes
Why books work the way they do.
This page highlights what books can do that film can't, including slower pacing and quiet stretches, alongside a reminder that some things simply translate poorly to screen. For a companion collection, see Books.
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People have no memory of phone numbers now because of the cell phone - their address book is in a cell phone.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once wrote a book on courage and what made people courageous. I found it was a strength of belief matched by a strength of willpower.
- Certain Point
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a private press. I'm a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type. I print it myself on my press. I do everything but bind it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw Roland Barthes's 'Mourning Diary' at a bookshop, and I felt it was like I was destined to see the book. I read it all in one go while I was in the shop. The book was mind-blowing.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Until the age of thirteen, I tortured the waiting worlds of book illustration and professional football by shilly-shallying over which of them was going to get the benefit of my inestimable talents.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life would be much easier if I just wrote the same book over and over again. But I'm not interested in doing that.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I need to give people a note with the book that says, 'I'm OK, no worries!'
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time my mom read my very first book, she was like, 'I'm not gonna belabor this. It's not a big deal. But I have to ask the question: Is everything okay?'
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020