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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
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me.
- Heaven
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Slow Heat in Heaven' was my 'breakout' or 'crossover' book, and I loved the freedom I felt writing it.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rarely does a complete idea come to me. I basically start with just a small scene or a snatch of dialogue and force myself to write and to keep writing. Sometimes it becomes a book.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always try to incorporate something in every book that I've never used before. Hopefully, spontaneity will keep readers reading.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
A number of things in 'Dhalgren' are just meant to function as mysteries. They're mysteries when the book begins, and they're mysteries when the book ends.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
- Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anytime you're sitting there writing a book about yourself, it's a pretty self-fulfilling prophecy, I guess.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer.
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- Nov 07, 2020