- 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
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who have read the series have been able to envision and become very attached to the characters.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The book is really, really dark, to the point where some people that I've talked to have said that it could be a series. And I'm like, Where? VH1? It's a little hard for VH1.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being able to say something lyrically, to say something that will do more than just be words, is really hard. It's easy to do when you're writing a chapter of a book or writing poetry, but it's really hard to do when you're confined to a melody line.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a book out called 'The Beauty Equation' and it discusses how off track we have gone in considering beauty.
- Nov 07, 2020
I went to school, I went to college. I know how to read. Even though I lack common sense sometimes, I am book smart.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is a good example of a film where you have to juggle a whole lot of information to follow that story, and even if you haven't read the book, it seems to go pretty well. And that is a film where the characters didn't meet until 74 minutes into the film, not on page 17.
- Connection
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we read a book, we have a blurry image that's kind of physical but blurry. But we have an emotional image also. We have an emotional connection to the character.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wrote little things when I was younger. My first opus was a book of poems put down in a spiral notebook at five or six, handsomely accompanied by crayon illustrations.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad. I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the need to write. I needed to figure out what was important to me as a writer.
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the book is a mystery to its author as she's writing, inevitably it's going to be a mystery to the reader as he or she reads it.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, I ascribe certain motions to the Earth, they will cry out at once that I and my theory should be rejected.
- Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the world 'Guinness Book of Records' holder of 1,749 hugs in one hour. My arms fell off.
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020