“Only library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the power good stories hold over us.”

—  Stephen King , book 'Salem's Lot

Source: 'Salem's Lot

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Only library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the power good stories hold over us." by Stephen King?
Stephen King photo
Stephen King 733
American author 1947

Related quotes

Mark Twain photo

“Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. LIX
Following the Equator (1897)

Samuel Johnson photo

“A man will turn over half a library to make one book.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

April 6, 1775
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II

Francis Bacon photo

“Discretion of speech, is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him, with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.”

Francis Bacon book Essays

Of Discourse
Essays (1625)

Umberto Eco photo

“Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told.”

Umberto Eco (1932–2016) Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

Source: Postscript to the Name of the Rose

Jasper Fforde photo

“You see? I know where every single book used to be in the library.' She pointed to the shelf opposite. 'Over there was, which was a hugely popular fishing book and one of a series, I believe.”

Jasper Fforde (1961) British novelist

Source: Shades of Grey

Jeffrey Archer photo

“While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.”

Jeffrey Archer (1940) English author and former politician
Patricia Rozema photo

“Sometimes "fidelity" can mean only focusing on one day of a story told over twenty years in a book.”

Patricia Rozema (1958) Canadian film director

As quoted in "Mansfield Park and Film : An Interview with Patricia Rozema" by Hiba Moussa, in Literature/Film Quarterly 32, No. 4 (2004), p. 255
Context: You cannot underestimate what a radical thing it is to change from one art form to another. An author slaves to start with just the right word, phrase, sentence, and paragraph. The sounds of the words are crucial. But all the demands of words and prose are lifted when you make a movie. The physical presence makes many unnecessary and some necessary ones impossible. So you serve two masters as an adapting filmmaker: the author's intention and the needs of film. Sometimes "fidelity" can mean only focusing on one day of a story told over twenty years in a book.

Sydney Smith quote: “He was a one-book man. Some men have only one book in them; others, a library.”
Sydney Smith photo

“He was a one-book man. Some men have only one book in them; others, a library.”

Sydney Smith (1771–1845) English writer and clergyman

Vol. I, ch. 11
Lady Holland's Memoir (1855)

Philip Pullman photo

“There's a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we're even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won't supply them.”

Philip Pullman (1946) English author

Related topics