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“There is a disconnect between the film Bond and the literary Bond which is their contemporaneity. I don't suffer from that.”

Quote by William Boyd

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William Boyd is a British novelist known for his unique narrative skills and rich imagination. His works span a variety of genres, including historical novels, spy novels, and adventure novels. Boyd's novels are characterized by complex characters and captivating plots. more

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“I don't think they'll ever make a retro Bond.”

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“Do we change every time we have a new encounter? Are we endlessly mutable? I think these are fascinating questions: it's a rich vein to tap, and I don't think I have exhausted it fully yet.”

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“There's a sense in all my novels that nothing is certain.”

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“To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way.”

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“I know many older writers who were very successful and whose books are now out of print, so you have to go to antiquarian booksellers to buy their fifth or eighth novel or whatever it is.”

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Author:William Boyd

“Film is a medium of clear lines and broad strikes - which can be fantastic - but compared to the subtleties and nuances of a novel, it doesn't even get close.”

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Author:William Boyd

“I let people off the hook too easily.”

Author:William Boyd

“With film, you have very limited tools to convey subjectivity - voiceover, the camera's point of view, good acting - but even the very best actor in the world is crude by comparison with what you can do in a written paragraph.”

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Author:William Boyd

“One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.”

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Book:(XXX, 387 p.)

Source: (XXX, 387 p.)

“To do God's will as fast as it is made known to us, to inquire hourly -- I had almost said each moment -- what He requires of us, and to leave ourselves, our friends, and every interest at His control, with a cheerful trust that the path which He marks out leads to our perfection and to Himself, -- this is at once our duty and happiness; and why will we not walk in the plain, simple way?.”

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Book:Memoir of William Ellery Channing, with extracts from his correspondence and manuscripts ...

Source: Memoir of William Ellery Channing, with extracts from his correspondence and manuscripts ...