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- Nov 07, 2020
Books Quotes
On reading, writing, and what gets remembered.
Some of these lines are wry, joking that certain statements run longer than the books someone has actually read. Related: Story.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Obsession
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have this obsession with really cool, old books.
- Premise
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my books have started with an abstract premise.
- Nov 07, 2020
Tell-all books are boring.
- Enjoyed
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a reader, I have always enjoyed 'ranty' books, but they are all written by men.
- Postcards
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All of this depends, of course, on the bookstore and how conversant the shelf stocker is with the alphabet.
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- Nov 07, 2020