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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
- Complex Character
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Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development.
- Being
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The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube.
- Meaning
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A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.
- Every
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Every single book is a challenge.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think everyone should sit down and write a book. It's a lot like therapy but a lot less expensive.
- Body Image
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'Nimona' is about identity and if who you are is defined by what you look like. It's not a book about body image at all, but I would be lying if I said that wasn't in there even at the conception of it.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can make this industry and this environment and comic book shops and comic book conventions and comic books themselves, we can make them a thing that is accessible to everybody so that nobody feels unwelcome, and nobody feels like this isn't their place.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I sold my first book, 'A Conspiracy of Tall Men,' it was part of a two-book deal. It wasn't hugely lucrative, but it was enough money for me to quit the paralegal job I had in San Francisco.
- End
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I sat down to take a break from writing a book and wrote a spec feature that would end up being the movie 'Lies & Alibis' with Steve Coogan.
- People
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I guess people just like Netflix. And they like rom-coms, and I was fortunate enough to book two random ones that got sold to Netflix.
- History
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