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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
- Research
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- Nov 07, 2020
Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.
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Just because you started off one way don't mean the ending of the book has to be the way you started.
- People
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Most people remember the ending of the book more than the beginning and the middle.
- Hide
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The difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend that they're acting. Here, you can see everybody wants his break.
- Heart
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Writing a book is not a small undertaking, but God placed it on my heart to trust Him with such a project.
- Good
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One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
- Long
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The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal.
- Hobbies
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- Nov 07, 2020
I use Pinterest for everything. Book collections, trips, hobbies. It's all there. I planned my wedding on it. When I had a kid, I planned all his stuff on it. So it was nice to discover that I wasn't the only one.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.
- Buildings
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I have a book of buildings from 25,000 BC. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made, from the bones of the body into shelter.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first book I've written that I've always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.
- Nov 07, 2020
I love reading. I spend a huge amount of time travelling on planes and have always got a book on the go.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020