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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Centered
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- Nov 07, 2020
'A Rogue by Any Other Name' is the first book in the 'Rules of Scoundrels' series, centered on a legendary pre-Victorian casino and her four scandalous aristocratic owners.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I gave myself two months to book a job. One month later I was cast on 'Modern Family.'
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as I can, but you reach a point as the author where you have lost all perspective.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't live in New York or California. I'm in the grocery store, at the park with my kids, and I'm a normal person. I'm feeding my chickens and agonizing about my next book!
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I had to pick, I'd say my favorite book is 'A Prayer For Owen Meany', by John Irving.
- Queen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the Queen enjoyed my book on her father, George VI.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a big outliner. For my adult book, 'The Visibles,' I did not outline, and it took me two years to write because I just didn't outline, and I had no path.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
How lucky am I? Quite often I speak at book festivals, and people ask me how I got published. There's people who have been working on a book for as long as ten years, and I feel like such a cow.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Living in Edinburgh, I consider myself particularly lucky - we have the biggest book festival in the world, a plethora of fascinating libraries and museums, and some of the greatest architecture in Europe.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020