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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
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a lot of space as a kid. My mother worked with human rights for the government, and my dad had a book publishing company, but they weren't really musical.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was like a dream come true for me. When you write the book, it's still intimate. It might have been a best-seller but it's still my story, as I wrote it. The moment we or they make a movie, it's not my story anymore. There's a lot of letting go involved in the process.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I'm a fan, and 'The Lost City of Z' has been my inspiration. Percy Fawcett was one of my heroes, and I loved the book and the film. I was lost in the same area that Fawcett had explored, and I can identify with his sense of passion and obsession, and I definitely see the romance in searching for lost treasure.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.
- Reading
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- Nov 07, 2020
Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it?
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Fault' became the book everybody and their mother had to read, and 'Paper Towns' is one that's beloved, but it's a bit of a smaller book.
- Coffee Shops
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a terrible fear of not being normal - of not seeming normal. So I went to the library and read every psychology book I could find. Anything about how normal people behave.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not into older guys. To tell you the truth, Richard Gere is not the sexiest man alive, in my book.
- Great Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020