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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
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote three mysteries and then a contemporary spy novel that was unbelievably derivative - completely based on 'The Conversation,' the movie with Gene Hackman. Amazingly, the character in the book looks exactly like... Gene Hackman.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I read period material - and it ain't on Google - I am always alert for that one incredible detail. I'll read a whole book and get three words out of it, but they'll be three really good words.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I discovered is I don't like to repeat lead characters because one of the most pleasurable things in a book to me is learning about the lead.
- Attitude
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- Nov 07, 2020
My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read 'Boneland.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Television viewing has become for me a completely different experience, because I don't watch shows on a weekly basis. I wait until the DVD or I TiVo everything and wait until the end of a season and watch it all over a weekend. For me that's a really satisfying experience, like reading a book.
- Classic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at a classic English mystery novel... I love that form very much because the reader is so familiar with all of the types of characters that are in there that they already identify with the book.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, whether it's in a book or on T.V., a recipe has to be simple. I have a short attention span, so to open a cookbook and see a recipe that goes on for three to four pages, well, I've lost interest.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the weight, look, and feel of a book. I enjoy turning the pages, and frequently scan the spines of my many books on the wall, each title a reminder of the stored information and creative thoughts contained therein.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who was tempted to draw comparisons between my father's 'Dave Robicheaux' series and my first book quickly gave up.
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- Nov 07, 2020