- Nov 07, 2020
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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.
- Esquire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote that letter, and the one to Nixon. And I wrote more letters, and I thought it might be a magazine article. At that time I sent it to Esquire and Playboy, but anyway, I kept writing, and all of sudden I had enough and thought, well maybe it is a book.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have like 250 letters that I have to whittle it down to 150. Only then do you have the whole overview of a book. When it was finally edited, at least my take was, everybody's lying. You know?
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was sitting in the toilet and I was by myself. I was tired of playing with the roller, so I said I'd better write a book.
- Nov 07, 2020
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read 'Holes' in 10th grade, and I haven't read a full book since. The movie version with Shia LaBeouf was OK, but the book was way better.
- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The purpose of the E.U. Withdrawal Bill is in any event not to decide the terms of Brexit but to ensure that it can take place smoothly and that legal continuity, which is essential for businesses, is maintained. There is not a single MP who does not agree that getting the bill on the statute book is essential for us all.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Book of Mormon is a second witness of Jesus Christ and a manifestation of the truthfulness of the Prophet Joseph Smith. I love the Prophet Joseph. I love President Gordon B. Hinckley, who is the prophet of God and holds all the keys of the kingdom at this time, keys which prophets have held in uninterrupted succession since Joseph Smith.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020