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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
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was still an avid reader of Mills & Boon romances - on publication day, I used to rush out of work to get to the local book store to grab my favourites before they all disappeared.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that if I'm writing a book, it has to be an honest book: it has to say what I believe to be the truth, so that's kind of warts and all.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really an interesting problem, trying to earn a living and serve art and serve kids. What I try to create are these visual layers so that readers feel the possibility exists that there might be something in the book they never saw before.
- Emotional Truth
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's much better to write a book and stick to the research - that's history. In cinema, emotional truth and psychological truth is much more important.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first Amy Silver book was commissioned, and they were not books that came completely from me. They weren't necessarily the sort of books I read, and although I enjoyed doing them very much, and they were great training, I never felt completely comfortable in that genre.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't expect to be doing a whole bunch of Amber Browns. And because it was just one book, and the father had moved away, I didn't realize I was going to have to deal more with shared custody, divorce and all those issues.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020