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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
- Pictures
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- Nov 07, 2020
A book and a movie are different animals. You need a cinematic perspective to be involved in the motion pictures. And this is something I lack.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.
- Entertain
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- Nov 07, 2020
A western audience might not appreciate 'Chanakya's Chant' because of its dependence on history and ancient statecraft. My book is a modern-day thriller that draws on a bedrock of history. My primary object is to entertain, not educate.
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first paragraph of my book must get me my reader. The last paragraph of a chapter must compel my reader to turn the page. The last paragraph of my book must ensure that my reader looks out for my next book.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always taught that book keeping was more relevant than book reading. The only thing worth reading was meant to be a balance sheet.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very visual when I write and get a lot of inspiration from scrolling through Tumblr or Pinterest. I have picture folders to most of the songs I've written. It would be cool to release it as a book one day!
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not being a comic book fan, being thrown into that and seeing the extreme - it's taken very seriously. So I tried to do as much learning as I could about it so I wasn't mean or anything.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I have learnt more about business from fighting than anything else - from any book, from any, like - fighting is an incredible megastore for doing business.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have a book as material as it is, it's a lot easier to create a character because you have so many resources to draw upon when acting.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's such a complicated thing to put a movie together. The book world is so much simpler.
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