#book

There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope to start directing it. ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#called #children #dark #directing #events

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water. ↗

— Marilyn French

#drinks #everybody #geniuses #great #those

In the case of The Loved One, I was hired to collaborate on an updated version of the book. ↗

— Terry Southern

#case #collaborate #hired #i #loved

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#forms #suppress #terror #those #truth

There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #deal #first #great #great deal

The script is the coloring book that you're given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And also when and where to color outside the lines. ↗

— James Spader

#book #color #coloring #figure #given

I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#because #books #british #eccentric #english

The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#again #asked #book #buy #did

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #focus #genre #lot #mind

Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

#books #every #i #i think #inspired