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The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing, I think. He wants it to capture the essence of the book, and if he feels that's been done, then he's not too particular about the details. I think that's why he's happy.
Lawrence Kasdan
Great
Happy
Book
Think
Too
Details
About
Sees
He
Feels
Particular
Great Thing
Been
Done
Essence
Movie
Wants
Then
Separate
Capture
Why
Thing
I guess another message I'd like to say with this book is no matter how many times you fail... I failed a lot of times trying to get clean, and never thought I'd get to this point.
Lawrence Taylor
You
Book
Matter
Thought
Guess
Say
Clean
Point
Never
Fail
Failed
Like
Message
Another
How
How Many Times
Lot
Times
Get
Trying
Many
I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet.
Lawrence Welk
Buy
Book
Finished
Think
Out
Wrote
Because
Go
Just
'Allegiance' is pretty much a book musical. You know, people talk and then they burst out into song.
Lea Salonga
You
Book
People
Song
Musical
Out
Pretty
Allegiance
Know
Talk
Burst
Then
Much
In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is sung from beginning to end, including the recitative.
Lea Salonga
Book
Song
Beginning
Everything
Out
Sung
Miss
Nobody
Operas
Dialogue
End
Modern
Conventional
Breaks
Les
Including
I always grew up with the idea that in order to be a successful writer, I should have a book published.
Leandra Medine
Book
Writer
Idea
Always
Up
Order
Grew
Successful
Should
Published
'Joker' was a violent, dark, and brutal book, so I wanted to do something a little less heavy. I played around with the idea of a children's book, and that eventually became 'Noel.' And I just kept finding these parallels between things I could do with Batman and Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol.'
Lee Bermejo
Christmas
Book
Dark
Batman
Carol
Parallels
Finding
Charles
Charles Dickens
Something
Brutal
Could
Joker
Idea
Between
Became
Around
Dickens
Just
Children
Heavy
Wanted
Little
Less
Eventually
Things
Played
Violent
Kept
So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist. So I wrote the first book - driven by some very real feelings of desperation - and it worked.
Lee Child
Entertainment
Book
World
Desperation
Logical
Job
First
Feelings
Become
Stay
Inside
Some
Only
Driven
Wrote
Another
Felt
Without
Answer
How
Real
Very
Getting
Worked
Novelist
Actually
It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense.
Lee Child
Character
You
Book
Tense
Always
Move
Screen
For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.
Lee Child
Me
Book
Exciting
Reader
End
Just
'Push' had a story, 'The Paperboy' story you could just throw up in the air and shoot holes through the book because the story wasn't as strong. But I felt the characters were stronger in 'The Paperboy'; they were vivid.
Lee Daniels
You
Book
Strong
Stronger
Air
Characters
Vivid
Could
Through
Throw
Push
Had
Because
Felt
Were
Up
Shoot
Just
Story
Holes
I'm pretty much an open book.
Lee Greenwood
Book
Pretty
Open
Open Book
Much
Many Chinese criticize me not only on Baidu but on Facebook. Some say, do you think Chinese authorities were stupid enough not to realize you were a North Korean defector? If they read my book, they'd understand. I did my best to escape. I think it's all a miracle. It's not because Chinese policemen were stupid enough to believe my fake story.
Lee Hyeon-seo
Best
Me
You
Facebook
Book
Stupid
Believe
Think
Enough
Say
Criticize
Some
Miracle
Only
Policemen
Read
Because
Understand
Fake
Korean
Were
Escape
North
Authorities
Did
North Korean
Story
Chinese
Realize
Many
A romance novel is more than just a story in which two people fall in love. It's a very specific form of genre fiction. Not every story with a horse and a ranch in it is a Western; not every story with a murder in it is a mystery; and not every book that includes a love story can be classified as a romance novel.
Leigh Michaels
Love
Book
People
Fall
Love Story
Every
Ranch
Classified
More
Horse
Mystery
Genre
Western
Very
Than
Just
Romance
Fiction
Form
Story
Which
Novel
Specific
Two
Two People
For the last 15 years that I have been performing, all I ever wanted to do was transcend poetry to the world. See, it wasn't enough for me to write a book. It wasn't enough for me to join a slam competition, and while those things hold weight, it wasn't the driving force that pushes the pen to the pad.
Lemon Andersen
Me
Book
World
Competition
Enough
Pen
Those
See
Poetry
Join
Write
Pushes
Weight
Driving
Driving Force
Performing
Force
Been
Years
Transcend
Wanted
Hold
While
Pad
Slam
Ever
Things
Last
Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.
Len Deighton
Book
First
More
Writers
Come
Wrote
Answer
Frequently
Interesting
Them
Might
Asked
Asking
Why
Second
Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.
Len Deighton
Book
Politicians
One Book
Write
Writer
Reveals
Intention
Anyone
Professional
Even
Professional Writer
Second
Starting
The fans of 'The Hunger Games,' of the book, are very passionate. It's funny: Even at my concerts there are people holding up 'Cinna' signs.
Lenny Kravitz
Funny
Book
People
Fans
Signs
Holding
Hunger
Hunger Games
Concerts
Passionate
Up
Very
Games
Even
I got this book called 'How to Write the Popular Song.' I read that and went through all the things they suggested, and I learned how to do it.
Leon Russell
Book
Song
Through
Write
Read
Learned
Got
How
Popular
Things
Suggested
I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.
Leon Uris
Book
Writing
Marine Corps
First
Corps
Read
Readers
Still
Been
Years
Marine
My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.
Leon Uris
Best
Book
Battle
First
Nine
Out
Cry
Seller
Times
Turned
Rejected
Her book about the money in sex gives you the feeling of the sex in money.
Leon Wieseltier
You
Book
Money
Sex
Feeling
About
Gives
Her
I don't have any sense or urgency about any of my writing, actually. I don't think mankind will be damaged if I don't put out a new album or a new book.
Leonard Cohen
Book
Writing
Will
Sense
Think
Out
About
Put
New
New Book
Any
Urgency
Mankind
Actually
Album
Damaged
I remember reading the book in high school and always thinking of Gatsby as this strong, stoic, suave, mysterious man who had everything under control. But when I read it as an adult, I realised he is a hollow man, a shell of a person trying to find meaning, who is not completely in touch with reality.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Man
Reality
Book
Strong
Remember
School
Reading
Control
Thinking
Everything
High
Find
High School
Touch
Mysterious
Adult
Had
He
Read
Shell
Always
Suave
Stoic
Person
Trying
Realised
Hollow
Meaning
Who
You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you have to let it sit and then go back and realize it's your favorite still. At some point everything gets a little stale and you have to step away from it.
Les Claypool
You
Book
Before
Sit
Back
Everything
Favorite
Some
Only
Point
Step
Read
Still
Go
Times
Gets
Little
Stale
Might
Realize
Then
Your
Many
Film
Away
Watch
The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book.
Leslie Banks
Book
Way
Rules
Had
Knew
Contest
Got
Than
Grew
Bigger
Story
Next
Next Thing
Thing
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