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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
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
The addictive pleasure of abandoning yourself to a book, of losing consciousness of your worries, your body, and your surroundings, to become a ghost haunting other worlds has influenced me in many ways.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each book first begins with a little idea.
- Parent
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!
- Nov 07, 2020
When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I can write anywhere.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sixth book, 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes,' was nominated for a number of book awards, one of which was The Quill Award, and they had it in New York at the Natural History Museum.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had no fewer than three young women on separate occasions come up to me at book signings and unzip their pants, turn around, and drop them to show me that they had 'Bonnie lassie' tattooed across their rumpuses!
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- Nov 07, 2020
When' Voyager', the third book of the series, hit the 'New York Times' bestseller list, they very honorably redesigned the covers and started calling them fiction.
- Want
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to write a best-selling book.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard sometimes, especially with a book like 'Scorch Trials,' to truly adapt to the way the book is because so many of the scenes that take place in the book are really graphed and painted for the imagination. Trying to bring that to life is a really big task.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a huge, huge comic book fan. I love the superhero movies so much. If I had to be one of the Avengers, I would go with Thor. I would have to. I just think I look the part too much, and I'm a fan of all of them, but Thor would be something that I think I could put on. I think I could make it happen.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first book of poems was published privately in 1949. That was my mother. The book was '25 Poems.' It cost 200 dollars.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the bad things about being a filmmaker, about being me, is I can hardly read a book anymore because every time I read something, I have a poaching mentality, like, 'Oh, can this be a movie?'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020