- 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
- Exhibit
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll read a book. I'll watch a documentary or a film or whatever. I'll go to an art exhibit and just try and open myself to influence.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always find out after the fact that the books I've been writing were actually some sort of therapy, some sort of, you know, self-examination that I had to write the book in order to complete.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I have a few hours to dive into a book, I am happy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
But this is an occupational hazard of being a scientist. You say this is the best information I have and then you realize that not everyone is going to read the footnotes or the whole book, so people are going to get the wrong impression.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a children's book by Anthony Browne called 'The Tunnel' that I've always loved.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just not a good reader, so I haven't been able to sit down and get myself through an entire book in my whole life.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think anybody reads a book of poetry front to back. Editors and reviewers only. I don't think anybody else does.
- Lonely
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a stack of those plastic card hotel room keys that I picked up on this latest book tour. It's about a yard tall. Ah yes, a stack of lonely nights.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find a lot of poetry very disappointing, but I do have poets that I go back to. One book of poetry that I'd like to mention is 'The Exchange' by Sophie Cabot Black. Her poems are difficult without being too difficult.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020