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- 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.
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- First
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When I first concluded to print the book, I made an honest effort to construct it in the third person.
- New
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Almost any poll of regular churchgoers will reveal that their favorite book in the New Testament is the Gospel of John. It is the book that is most often used at Christian funerals.
- Three
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There is no way that the Fourth Gospel was written by John Zebedee or by any of the disciples of Jesus. The author of this book is not a single individual, but is at least three different writers/editors, who did their layered work over a period of 25 to 30 years.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me eight books to finally be at a point in my career where I could come out with a book and say, 'This is meant to be a funny book,' and we didn't have to make any bones about it.
- More
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The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.
- Never
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I've never been much of a European traveler. London once on a book tour, and Italy because that's where Ferraris are from. That's about it.
- Ahead
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At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead of the class to the end of the book.
- Same
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Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews.
- My Own
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I once read Updike after writing a first draft, and I wanted to put my own book on the fire. I've since learned to read utter crap while I'm writing: pulp is the thing.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first book I bought with my own money as a teenager was Martin Amis's 'Money.' You know that thing when you read a book and you think, 'I'm going to have to read every word ever written by this man.'
- Good
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Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about.
- Nov 07, 2020
I read all the time. I was reading a book I admire very much by Alice McDermot called Charming Billy.
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