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Book Quotes

While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people, they finally dropped it from judo Picture Quote #1

I’m the only talk show host, I think, if there’s such a category in, what’s called, the book of records, to have a guest die while we were taping the show, yeah Picture Quote #1

Spray a book with insect spray, drop it in a bag, add some mothballs and seal it. Put it in another bag and seal it. Another. The packages piled up on the floor, each a book sealed in four plastic envelopes Picture Quote #1

Your first book already defines you, while you are really far from being defined. And this definition is something you may then carry with you for the rest of your life, trying to confirm it or extend or correct or deny it; but you can never eliminate it Picture Quote #1

Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special Picture Quote #1

When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff. But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to Picture Quote #1

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The way I feel about every book is this: you don’t finish it, you abandon it. All of my books have in some sense failed, otherwise I wouldn’t write another one. If I wrote the perfect book, I wouldn’t have to write again, and I wouldn’t want to. That’s not true for everyone, but it’s true for me. I could walk away then. But so far I haven’t managed to do it Picture Quote #1

When you make a book or you make a movie, it is almost like hitting on somebody. It’s not because you want to seduce people that you will seduce them; you can hit on somebody and it doesn’t work. But when you hit on them and it works, then it’s really cool Picture Quote #1

When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence Picture Quote #1

A book can never be anything more than the impression of its author’s thoughts. The value of these thoughts lies either in the matter about which he has thought, or in the form in which he develops his matter - that is to say, what he has thought about it Picture Quote #1

I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book Picture Quote #1

In the middle of the silence in a writer’s house lies an invalid: the book being worked on Picture Quote #1

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A book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating word to image, connecting these images to memories, dreams, and larger ideas. Television, film, even the stage play, have already been imagined for us, but the book, in whatever form we choose to interact with it, forces us to complete it Picture Quote #1

When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you should read it, you might take one thing from it. Until that was clear in my mind, I wasn’t going to do one Picture Quote #1

I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book when you first start Picture Quote #1

I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it’s going to end as I’m writing it Picture Quote #1

If you’ve got comic book fans and soap fans and country fans, I think you’ve hit the whole world. What else is there? Picture Quote #1

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Book love is something like romantic love. When we are reading a really great book, burdens feel lighter, cares seem smaller, and commonplaces are suddenly delightful. You become your best optimistic self. Like romantic love, book love fills you with a certain warmth and completeness. The world holds promise Picture Quote #1

I’m always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don’t participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about what’s better, the book or the movie. So I think it’s interesting when people want to do it Picture Quote #1

There are as many strata at different levels of life as there are leaves in a book. When on the higher levels we can remember the lower levels, but when on the lower we cannot remember the higher Picture Quote #1

I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos Picture Quote #1

Every reader, I suspect, has a book like this somewhere in his or her past, a book that seemed to hold within it, at that moment, all the mysteries of the universe Picture Quote #1

I don’t like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn’t want to be written in a certain way Picture Quote #1

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Each spine was an encapsulated memory, each book represented hours, days of pleasure, of immersion into words Picture Quote #1

I know publishing now more as an author than with occasional peaks inside those elite offices than as an industry insider. It was difficult publishing a novel the first time around, while working behind the scenes, knowing all that has to happen to make a book a success and to still make the leap as an author Picture Quote #1

I’m a bachelor in the old sense of the word, meaning I flirt, I have very many close relationships, but then I come home and like to read my book Picture Quote #1

One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists Picture Quote #1

Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends Picture Quote #1

People say there’s a book in everyone but I’m not sure there is. There might be a pamphlet in me Picture Quote #1

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While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people, they finally dropped it from judo (Book Quotes) I’m the only talk show host, I think, if there’s such a category in, what’s called, the book of records, to have a guest die while we were taping the show, yeah (Book Quotes) Spray a book with insect spray, drop it in a bag, add some mothballs and seal it. Put it in another bag and seal it. Another. The packages piled up on the floor, each a book sealed in four plastic envelopes (Book Quotes) Your first book already defines you, while you are really far from being defined. And this definition is something you may then carry with you for the rest of your life, trying to confirm it or extend or correct or deny it; but you can never eliminate it (Book Quotes) Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special (Book Quotes) When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff. But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to (Book Quotes) The way I feel about every book is this: you don’t finish it, you abandon it. All of my books have in some sense failed, otherwise I wouldn’t write another one. If I wrote the perfect book, I wouldn’t have to write again, and I wouldn’t want to. That’s not true for everyone, but it’s true for me. I could walk away then. But so far I haven’t managed to do it (Book Quotes) When you make a book or you make a movie, it is almost like hitting on somebody. It’s not because you want to seduce people that you will seduce them; you can hit on somebody and it doesn’t work. But when you hit on them and it works, then it’s really cool (Book Quotes) When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence (Book Quotes) A book can never be anything more than the impression of its author’s thoughts. The value of these thoughts lies either in the matter about which he has thought, or in the form in which he develops his matter - that is to say, what he has thought about it (Book Quotes) I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book (Book Quotes) In the middle of the silence in a writer’s house lies an invalid: the book being worked on (Book Quotes) A book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating word to image, connecting these images to memories, dreams, and larger ideas. Television, film, even the stage play, have already been imagined for us, but the book, in whatever form we choose to interact with it, forces us to complete it (Book Quotes) When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely (Book Quotes) I didn’t want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you should read it, you might take one thing from it. Until that was clear in my mind, I wasn’t going to do one (Book Quotes) I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book when you first start (Book Quotes) I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it’s going to end as I’m writing it (Book Quotes) If you’ve got comic book fans and soap fans and country fans, I think you’ve hit the whole world. What else is there? (Book Quotes) Book love is something like romantic love. When we are reading a really great book, burdens feel lighter, cares seem smaller, and commonplaces are suddenly delightful. You become your best optimistic self. Like romantic love, book love fills you with a certain warmth and completeness. The world holds promise (Book Quotes) I’m always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don’t participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about what’s better, the book or the movie. So I think it’s interesting when people want to do it (Book Quotes) There are as many strata at different levels of life as there are leaves in a book. When on the higher levels we can remember the lower levels, but when on the lower we cannot remember the higher (Book Quotes) I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos (Book Quotes) Every reader, I suspect, has a book like this somewhere in his or her past, a book that seemed to hold within it, at that moment, all the mysteries of the universe (Book Quotes) I don’t like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn’t want to be written in a certain way (Book Quotes) Each spine was an encapsulated memory, each book represented hours, days of pleasure, of immersion into words (Book Quotes) I know publishing now more as an author than with occasional peaks inside those elite offices than as an industry insider. It was difficult publishing a novel the first time around, while working behind the scenes, knowing all that has to happen to make a book a success and to still make the leap as an author (Book Quotes) I’m a bachelor in the old sense of the word, meaning I flirt, I have very many close relationships, but then I come home and like to read my book (Book Quotes) One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists (Book Quotes) Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends (Book Quotes) People say there’s a book in everyone but I’m not sure there is. There might be a pamphlet in me (Book Quotes)

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