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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
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm no longer religious, but the Bible fascinates me. Hardly anyone reads it anymore, but it's got everything: it's a book of poetry, it's a book of principle, it's a book of stories, and of myths and of epic tales, a book of histories and a book of fictions, of riddles, fables, parables and allegories.
- Attended
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I never attended elementary schools of any kind, I missed most of the books that were popular with other kids my age. There was an exception, however, which was 'Harry Potter.' My grandmother gave me the first book when I was about 13, and I read it, then read all the rest.
- Eye
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was reading 'The Mystic Eye' by Sadhguru of Isha Yoga Centre. I couldn't keep the book down and finished it in two-and-half hours.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I could never write a proper book; I'd never done it before. But I thought I could write a sequence. Then I had a chapter. The next thing I knew I was turning acting down.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, any book I'm writing is also a chance to get in and research and read and learn things that I maybe only knew a little bit about before.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy routine. I'm out there as a missionary for literature because, if people laugh and enjoy themselves, they might actually do something as bizarre as reading the book.
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- Nov 07, 2020