- Life
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- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a best-selling book in the late '60s and '70s called 'The Adventurers' by Harold Robbins. The lead character's name was Dax. Anyone that's roughly my age that's named Dax is named from that book.
- Commercial
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 20 when I moved to Los Angeles. I went on probably 600 commercial auditions and couldn't book any of them.
- Fast
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I have a book in my head, I write progressive drafts fast and obsessively and have trouble sleeping.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting all over my person.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we started Appaloosa, we were going to name it Pegasus because everyone was using Greek names. We filed the name. We paid $300, and they said you cannot use it because it is taken. Pegasus Funds. Then we said Pegasus is kind of a horse. We did not want to be the Unicorn Fund. So we pulled out a horse book.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd only read a bit of the first book. And I just knew about all the media furor over it. But I'd not read books 2 or 3. I'd just read a bit of it. And I'd seen the films.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody tells you over and over again that addiction is a disease. But when I read Nic's book I understood not just that this is a disease, but what the disease means.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hollywood loves pre-validation. Even if someone has a property that was first published as a comic book that sold only 5,000 copies, for Hollywood, that is a stamp of approval. 'Oh, it was already published in another medium? Must be good!' They get assurance from knowing that someone else already took the risk.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I would never admit to copying Karl Rove's play book, but there's no doubt that what the Bush people did in 2004 was impressive. They had neighbors talking to neighbors. They did a remarkable job increasing Republican turnout in states like Ohio and Florida.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020