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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like talking about comic book process, and one of the things is that I have plans going ahead for years, and the plans constantly get thrown away and shifted. There's a difference between planning and what actually happens in life, and comics have a life of their own.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's been roles that I have turned down. There's no rule book or handbook... It's just... whatever I'm comfortable with.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is such a powerful book, and 'Love in the Time of Cholera' is so strangely, brilliantly optimistic.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I found out I'd won Book of the Year, the first person I called was my mum, who was so happy she cried on the phone. I did a bit too to be honest.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cranked out a book. I didn't expect it to do much, but it's sold 80,000 copies.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favourite emails are along the lines of, 'My 14-year-old doesn't read much, but I gave him your book and he finished it in two days.' This has been the most rewarding experience.
- Feeling
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Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm not working, I would kill to have some sort of creative outlet other than, say, a coloring book. And when I'm working, I want to do all those things I was griping about - you know, make a turkey-and-cheese sandwich, put it in a zip-top bag, and stick it in a lunch box right now!
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to write a book like a rapper would write it - I didn't want to hold back. Rappers catch a lot of slack; I'm not going to be cursing up a storm, but when I look at Nas... his first album is one of my favorites. I want to tell stories like that.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
What adults don't always understand is that to a kid, a comic book is like a movie. My Marvel comics took my imagination to other places - other galaxies.
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