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- 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.
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- Open Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an open book.
- Emotions
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- Nov 07, 2020
In fact, one of the descriptions of the character in the book is that 'IT' was not very good at replicating human emotions. And that's something that is overlooked in general.
- Loser
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the greatest things about the book is that everything we know about 'It,' it's pretty speculative. We see it from the point of view of Loser's and that's what makes it so scary. We never get to know exactly what it is.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a huge fan of the book and Stephen King is one of my big heroes, literary heroes, and I am a fan, and I want to see a movie of 'It.'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The book is called 'Most Talkative,' because I was voted most talkative in high school. And I've never stopped talking. My mouth has been my greatest asset and my biggest Achilles' heel.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am particularly wary of authors who put themselves on the cover of their own book.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the advantages of the book's having been out there for more than a quarter century is that there's been time for people to report back on what it's done for them.
- Framed
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I do a project, I like the idea that someone is going to experience the book, someone is going to experience the film, someone else is going to experience a framed photo on a wall, but they are all going to get to the same root thing as long as all of those mediums are exploring it from the same place.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it would be bad to a truly successful celebrity person, because I know these novelists where people get a cult following, and they have some strange personal attachment to them because it's so personal to read a book.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
To say 'A High Wind in Jamaica' is a novel about children who are abducted by pirates is to make it seem like a children's book. But that's completely wrong; its theme is actually how heartless children are.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The higher a book's sales ranks, the better chances it has of being noticed by Amazon's internal recommendations engine.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young adult author Richelle Mead holds the distinction to perhaps be the only author ever to have a book banned... before it was even written.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing 'The Noonday Demon' turned me into a professional depressive, which is a weird thing to be. A class at the university I attended assigns the book and invited me to be a guest lecturer.
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020