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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
- Copies
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
- Confuses
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- Nov 07, 2020
My son, who's on the spectrum is a very rigid thinker. He needs clear-cut definitions of right and wrong. Anything hazy or gray confuses him. For instance, if I try to get him to see that a friend behaved badly, he'll often get upset with me because a friend is a 'good guy' by definition, in his book.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
I continually get more information about a subject after the book has been published.
- Despised
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised by my friends.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going to do a sequel to 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' and this one is called 'The Girl in the Spider's Web', which is an American production. It's a clean slate: new cast, new director and everything and they're skipping from book one to book four.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cried most days working on the first draft. The last scenes were the hardest. I had a feeling where I wanted to end - the exact note - but I couldn't see how to get there. Sarah Murphy, my editor, asked the right questions to help me. I think of 'The Bear' as a hopeful book.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything has the potential to be extraordinary, whether an old photograph, a book or a life. If you find it ordinary, you simply need to take a closer look.
- Pen
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- Nov 07, 2020
How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
While 'Visitation Street' has the markings of a traditional whodunnit mystery - starting with a missing girl, intrigue and many suspicious characters - Pochoda shows her hand early on by fingering a culprit. The book turns, then, into a 'whydunnit.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me.
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- Nov 07, 2020