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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.
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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.
- Meet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not always, philosophical.
- Conducting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beginning of Book Three is the last one that I drew, where V's conducting the 1812 overture.
- Good Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay attention to a book and pick up information along the way.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
What prevailed was that it was a family story, so it didn't matter what the color. It was also the perfect subject matter for a miniseries: A best-selling book, a generational story, a social problem - they all made 'Roots' what a miniseries should be.
- Hardcover
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- Nov 07, 2020
We couldn't predict what would happen with 'Roots.' You knew there were powerful moments that were going to affect people. We were making the film while the book was being completed. We were fortunate because the hardcover book was out and on the best-seller list. The heat was still on.
- Said
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- Nov 07, 2020
I said from the start I had to be trustful of the Millennium universe. It was not going to be a Stieg Larsson book, but my interpretation of his iconic characters and universe.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no money in the world that would compensate me for writing a lousy book.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Christian Bible is a symbolic book, not a literal one. The one Christians know as Jesus was actually a symbol for the sun. Ancient sun worshippers believed the sun died at the end of the winter solstice and then three days later it would be reborn at the start of its cycle - December 25.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a wide-ranging look at literary matters, the 'Book Review Podcast' from the 'New York Times' is still one of the best. Presented by Pamela Paul, each episode has an interview with an author - recent guests have included Neil Gaiman and Sana Krasikov - plus a roundup of the uppers, downers and hanging-arounders on the U.S. bestsellers chart.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I thought we ought to try to do in a book like this is to focus closely on Lincoln, himself, to see what he knew, how he knew it, how he came to make the decisions that he did, and how he implemented them.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020