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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Peter Jackson made the 'Lord of the Rings' movies, I remember there was a concern that people who didn't read Tolkien wouldn't go see the first one. But the films were so good in their own right that the audience grew beyond the readership of the book.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Be it a video game, comic book, or cheque book, the question always is, 'What story do you have to tell?'
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like it when you have something happening by coincidence. Just something in a book is enough. But I prefer a fragment of an image so you are far more free to bring in elements of your own.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they'd tear me apart.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daughter has seen the transition from struggling screenwriter to successful picture book author, and she's enjoyed it very much because she's a wonderful little kid. And she's always believed in her daddy.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think tablets are where we should be focused. But I do think they could end up being an efficient way of delivering textbooks. They're just not really that, yet. There's all sorts of poisons and mined minerals and carnage that goes on to make a tablet. Way more than to print a book. Or a bunch of books.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 8 years old, I made my own encyclopedia of American biography - Johnny Appleseed, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Charles Lindbergh, my pantheon of favorite heroes. Then I would write my own things and sew them together and try to make my own book.
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