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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
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas morning to find Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' in my stocking. I had never been so excited by the sight of a book - and have possibly never been since!
- Skinny
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I cook a lot, I wanted to write a recipe book, really incorporating the message that you don't have to starve yourself to be reasonably skinny.
- Checking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm snobby about books that aren't crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there's no mystery emerging in the first few pages, I'm like, 'Gah, this obviously isn't a proper book. Why would I want to carry on reading it?'
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father, whose hobby was collecting secondhand cricket books, came back from a book fair one day with a copy of 'The Body In The Library.'
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new book than any other author.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel it in my bones that if I had a kid, I would not either continue to write or have written the book I have done. So it's just me and the dog. I've always gotten along better with animals than I have with children, anyway.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone does a style book, and I wanted to write a business book for people that didn't think they would like a business book.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm playing a real-life person, I would take notes, I think that's important. For instance, when I played Rosemary Clooney, I was lucky enough to meet her; thankfully, she was still with us. And I talked with her and read her book, so when it's a real person, I want to find out everything I can.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell you I can't read a book, but I can read de people.
- Kite
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- Nov 07, 2020
One book that I just think is absolutely beautiful is 'The Kite Runner.' I'd recommend that one to any and everyone.
- Pictures
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- Nov 07, 2020
It draws you in and creates pictures, so what I do is almost like a talking story book.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
For my 'Perfect Chemistry' series, I did movie-style book trailers, and my fans went crazy for them.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I looked back at the years since I'd left college and thought of the list of things I'd have liked to do. I'd always wanted to write a book - not a small undertaking. I never felt I had the time or creative energy to spare in order to write one as well as I wanted.
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- Nov 07, 2020