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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
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you start writing a picture book, you have to write a manuscript that has enough language to prompt the illustrator to get his or her gears running, but then you end up having to cut it out because you don't want any of the language to be redundant to the pictures that are being drawn.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakespeare had a peculiar ability to gentle their condition. They used to gather clandestinely to read the plays; on one occasion, the book was passed around for each man to mark his favourite lines.
- Best-Seller
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- Nov 07, 2020
A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well.
- Computers
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- Nov 07, 2020
A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
- Nov 07, 2020
Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.
- Teacher
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that a little world that I can go back to, so I can be a waitress, or I can be a teacher, and then go and work on my book.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing my writing ever earned me wasn't an advance on a book; it wasn't a fee for an article or anything like that. It was, in fact, a residency at Hedgebrook Farm.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
- Comic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
- Start
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- Nov 07, 2020
With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again.
- Trying
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- Nov 07, 2020
In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem.
- Moments
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- Nov 07, 2020
For any book, it's distilling all of the moments in the book that are either fan favorites or pivotal that you have to have in there, and how you tie that all up into a two hour movie is not the easiest job.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020