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Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're writing and you don't like how your character looks or talks, you just fix it. But in a movie, if there's something you don't like, that's tough.

~Dan Brown

Topics: Chaos Character Compromise Controlled Decision Every Existence Fix How Just Like Looks Making Movie Moving Parts People Solitary Something Talks Thousands Tough Writing You Your

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I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold.

~Dan Brown

Topics: Blank Blank Page Books Care Characters Christmas Days Every Face Get How Including Many Morning Page Really Seven Sold Still Up Week Write I Write

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Transhumanism is the ethics and science of using things like biological and genetic engineering to transform our bodies and make us a more powerful species.

~Dan Brown

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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.

~Dan Brown

Topics: About Also Arts Familiar Fine Fine Arts Ground Know Level Literary Lot Me Never New Really Some Spoke Written You

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It's funny, I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I would want to read. I put on the blinders, and I really - it is, for me, that simple.

~Dan Brown

Topics: Blinders Book Funny Just Know Landscape Literary Me Myself Place Put Read Really Simple Want Where Would Write

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I was already writing 'The Lost Symbol' when I started to realize 'The Da Vinci Code' would be big. The thing that happened to me and must happen to any writer who's had success is that I temporarily became very self-aware.

~Dan Brown

Topics: Any Became Big Code Had Happen Happened Lost Me Must Realize Started Success Success Is Symbol Temporarily Thing Very Would Writer Writing

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The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.

~Dan Brown

Topics: God Life Me Message My Life Nothing Power Random Religion Sending Testing Think Tragedy You

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If a reviewer is beating me up, I just say, 'Oh well, my writing is not to his or her taste.' And that's as far as it goes. Because I will simultaneously read a review where somebody says, 'Oh my God, I had so much fun reading this book and I learned so much.'

~Dan Brown

Topics: As Far As Beating Because Book Far Fun God Goes Had Her His Just Learned Me Much Oh Oh My God Read Reading Review Reviewer Say Says Simultaneously So Much Fun Somebody Taste Up Well Where Will Writing

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If you believe the people who love you, you get lazy. And if you believe the people who hate you, you become... maybe intimidated, or whatever the word might be, and you don't write as well.

~Dan Brown

Topics: Become Believe Get Hate Intimidated Lazy Love Love You Maybe Might People Well Whatever Who Word Write You

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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.

~Dan Brown

Topics: Boy Bravery Cleverness Entire Hardy Over Remember Series Summer I Remember

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: June 22nd, 1964

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