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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

Nov 07, 2020

The fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether we'll rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually.

Quotes by Joshua Foer

Nov 07, 2020

If you were a medieval scholar reading a book, you knew that there was a reasonable likelihood you'd never see that particular text again, and so a high premium was placed on remembering what you read. You couldn't just pull a book off the shelf to consult it for a quote or an idea.

Quotes by Joshua Foer

Cool
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Nov 07, 2020

The really cool thing about when you're playing a comic book character is that no one knows what he sounds like.

Quotes by Josh McDermitt

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I have three brothers and they're all into computers. They're all intellects. My mother would pay me a quarter a page to read a book and I couldn't make 50 cents. I just couldn't do it.

Quotes by Josh Holloway

Nov 07, 2020

For me, in the third book, when Peeta gets brainwashed by the Capitol, that's going to be fun to play. The rest of the time he's very much into Katniss, and for that to get turned around and to play it the other way, that's going to be very exciting.

Quotes by Josh Hutcherson

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

They're still working on the script - they've got to get that nailed down and they want the first movie to come out obviously, not get too ahead of themselves. But yeah, it's looking good. I love the second book a lot as well, so kind of diving into that is awesome.

Quotes by Josh Hutcherson

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

Spiderman was my favorite comic book character growing up. I'm a geek, so I love the fact Peter Parker is into science. And I gravitate towards short guys. I'm 5' 9" now, but in junior high, I got picked on because I was 4' 8".

Quotes by Josh Keaton

Nov 07, 2020

I'm passionate about fantasy movies. I'm passionate about comic book movies. I'm passionate about superheroes. And movies about vengeance. And all of that - the stuff that I grew up reading.

Quotes by Josh Keaton

Influence
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Nov 07, 2020

So what did influence 'Bird Box?' Well, I've had a crush on Medusa since about 1985. Maybe the book is an ode to her.

Quotes by Josh Malerman

Earth
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Nov 07, 2020

I wrote my first book in fifth grade. It was about a dog that goes to outer space and is an ambassador for Earth.

Quotes by Josh Malerman

Nov 07, 2020

When you're doing a show like 'The Book of Mormon,' you're completely spent by the time the show is over.

Quotes by Josh Gad

Book Club
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Nov 07, 2020

I always loved jokes. It's such a dumb, facile thing to say, but it's true. I remember being a kid and getting those joke books from the Scholastic Book Club and loving comedy from a very young age.

Quotes by Josh Gondelman

Nov 07, 2020

Why is it okay to write a work of literary fiction where horrible, explicit things happen, where you can't write a book of humor where silly, explicit things are happening?

Quotes by Josh Gondelman

Nov 07, 2020

No one I know of has ever had this experience-where you had to sit and wait and wait for a DNA test to come back just so you can write the last page of the book.

Quotes by Joseph Wambaugh

Nov 07, 2020

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.

Quotes by Joseph Wambaugh

Religion
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Nov 07, 2020

Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none.

Quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr.

Open
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Nov 07, 2020

I used my aviation contacts to open a travel agency. I used to book Caribbean flights.

Quotes by Joseph Force Crater

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

My favorite comic book growing up was 'Thor.' It was one of my three, favorite comic books. Obviously, Marvel is such a huge name, but for me, to book a role in a Marvel movie, and for it to be 'Thor.' When my manager told me I booked 'Thor,' I literally didn't know what to say.

Quotes by Joseph Gatt

Game
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Nov 07, 2020

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose.

Quotes by Joseph Brodsky

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't suppose that I know more about life than anyone of my age, but it seems to me that, in the capacity of an interlocutor, a book is more reliable than a friend or a beloved.

Quotes by Joseph Brodsky

One entry treats a great book as pure escapism, while another argues literature plays a real role in guiding how young people grow up. Explore further with Book Club or Bookstore.

Book Quotes

Why books work the way they do.

One entry treats a great book as pure escapism, while another argues literature plays a real role in guiding how young people grow up. Explore further with Book Club or Bookstore.

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