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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
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
A romance novel is more than just a story in which two people fall in love. It's a very specific form of genre fiction. Not every story with a horse and a ranch in it is a Western; not every story with a murder in it is a mystery; and not every book that includes a love story can be classified as a romance novel.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a confession to make. For years, I earned a living - or a sort of living - writing negative book reviews.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like a book. I like to read for four hours at a stretch. I think very few are the young people who are even capable of reading for four hours at a stretch, because it's such a bizarre thing for them to do. I am mourning this.
- Getting
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For me, I wanted to write a book about getting into comedy. That's what I wanted to write.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I was reading a book about a comedian, I wouldn't really care too much about their childhood.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I had no interest in science whatsoever - then I started writing and recognized how relevant it was. My first book about science and medicine captured the world of organ transplantation in 1989 from the points of view of all of the participants - scientists, surgeons, social workers, organ recipients and even donor families.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Joker' was a violent, dark, and brutal book, so I wanted to do something a little less heavy. I played around with the idea of a children's book, and that eventually became 'Noel.' And I just kept finding these parallels between things I could do with Batman and Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol.'
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist. So I wrote the first book - driven by some very real feelings of desperation - and it worked.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense.
- Nov 07, 2020
'Allegiance' is pretty much a book musical. You know, people talk and then they burst out into song.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is sung from beginning to end, including the recitative.
- Order
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always grew up with the idea that in order to be a successful writer, I should have a book published.
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