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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
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is 'The Book of British Birds,' and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my life.
- Nov 07, 2020
Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
With this book, I truly hope to reach everyone that I don't bump into on the street and share my story.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I know I'm going to work on a cover, I practically run to the computer! After working with words for so long, it's lovely to do something that's creative yet also the professional equivalent of scribbling in your own coloring book.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've learned from numerous sources that e-mail marketing is still far more effective in driving book sales than social media. That's why we all get those e-mail blasts from Amazon every morning.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
If not for my mom, I wouldn't be a writer today. When I was a little girl, I rarely saw her without a book in her hand.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
We decided we wanted the site to provide readers with fresh new stories to enjoy between major book releases by their favorite authors while allowing those same authors to flex their creative muscles.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't at all sure I could make that sort of leap into that sort of comic book reality.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether you want to or not. It calls you back.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
- Coloring
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- Nov 07, 2020