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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.
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- Debate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to write a book that makes people debate, and makes people think, interact with each other and exchange ideas... I write because I'm engaged in this big conversation.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Illustrado' is not an autobiography. Only the ideas are autobiographical; the ideas of bitterness, frustration, unchanging society, an individual lost, social awkwardness... The book satirises archetypes from across Filipino society, and I felt that the least I could do was offer myself up, too.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we would like to do is introduce a 'concierge click and collect' at House of Fraser. When you go online and say you want to collect goods in-store, you should be able to book a time, book a changing room and book a stylist.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.
- Nov 07, 2020
Usually when I'm on a plane, I try to enjoy the fact that I have to be still for eight hours and read a book.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got my first book deal when I was in college, but it was published in Germany, and I could never actually read it.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
With each book, you get better as a writer. There is no back door to the industry. Read in the genre you want to write, as the more you read, the better you will get as an author.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm quite happy trekking around Greenland on my own, but those big book tours in America or the Far East are the only time I ever really feel lonely.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote a book, and I just love it when people come up to me and say, 'I read your book and loved it.'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a huge difference between writing a book, which is a private activity I engage in with myself, and wanting to engage in overly intimate personal conversations with strangers, which I pretty much never want to do.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course it is very limiting to be labeled a lesbian or queer writer. We live in a homophobic culture, and even people who aren't hateful per se assume they won't get anything from a queer book.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Slavery by Another Name' is an important book that I think all Americans should read, about how, following the end of slavery, a new system of racial and social control was born, known as 'convict leasing.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care about the bare fact that anyone liked or didn't like a book or movie; they can only interest me in that bare fact by writing an intelligent review.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020