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Book Quotes

To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It’s in the moment Picture Quote #1

Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner Picture Quote #1

You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft Picture Quote #1

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me Picture Quote #1

I don’t go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head Picture Quote #1

I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score Picture Quote #1

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I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts Picture Quote #1

Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely Picture Quote #1

I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a God, it wasn’t a person Picture Quote #1

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that’s always very flattering Picture Quote #1

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation Picture Quote #1

Preacher is a book that somehow allows me time by its settling on it’s characters, that sort of modern gothic western feel. You’re not likely to see the boat veering too far from that Picture Quote #1

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When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before Picture Quote #1

When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you’re reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination Picture Quote #1

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends Picture Quote #1

Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don’t go out there saying I want to do adaptations Picture Quote #1

In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons Picture Quote #1

Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book Picture Quote #1

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One of the characteristics I cherish in my friends is their childlike gullibility, and several excited minutes were spent trying to actually find this book Picture Quote #1

My book has a lot of parts of my life that people don’t know about Picture Quote #1

Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order? Picture Quote #1

I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell Picture Quote #1

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous Picture Quote #1

She can’t even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book Picture Quote #1

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I think some people wished I’d kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I’m doing it completely intellectually Picture Quote #1

Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves Picture Quote #1

No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book Picture Quote #1

The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it Picture Quote #1

Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence Picture Quote #1

Pan me, don’t give me the part, publish everybody’s book but this one and I will still make it! Picture Quote #1

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To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It’s in the moment (Book Quotes) Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner (Book Quotes) You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft (Book Quotes) Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me (Book Quotes) I don’t go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head (Book Quotes) I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score (Book Quotes) I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts (Book Quotes) Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely (Book Quotes) I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a God, it wasn’t a person (Book Quotes) What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that’s always very flattering (Book Quotes) No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation (Book Quotes) Preacher is a book that somehow allows me time by its settling on it’s characters, that sort of modern gothic western feel. You’re not likely to see the boat veering too far from that (Book Quotes) When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before (Book Quotes) When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you’re reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination (Book Quotes) One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends (Book Quotes) Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don’t go out there saying I want to do adaptations (Book Quotes) In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons (Book Quotes) Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book (Book Quotes) One of the characteristics I cherish in my friends is their childlike gullibility, and several excited minutes were spent trying to actually find this book (Book Quotes) My book has a lot of parts of my life that people don’t know about (Book Quotes) Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order? (Book Quotes) I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell (Book Quotes) The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous (Book Quotes) She can’t even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book (Book Quotes) I think some people wished I’d kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I’m doing it completely intellectually (Book Quotes) Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves (Book Quotes) No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book (Book Quotes) The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it (Book Quotes) Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence (Book Quotes) Pan me, don’t give me the part, publish everybody’s book but this one and I will still make it! (Book Quotes)

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