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I have let half-decades elapse between books because books have to be writte and writing is awful, but if you are the type of person who makes things, there is no profit in worrying about how or why or when the next project will come into being beyond simply acknowledging that it is inevitable that it will be very soon.

~David Rakoff

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You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.

~David Remnick

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During the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in the 16th century, the Catholic Church's Friar Diego de Landa supervised the burning of hundreds of Maya codices - fig-bark books rich in mythological and astronomical information. Only four Maya codices are known to have survived.

~David Roberts

Topics: Books Burning Catholic Century Church Conquest Diego Four Hundreds Information Known Only Rich Spanish Survived

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Superman has evolved continually in the comic books over the course of 75 years. He couldn't even fly for years in the original comic books. Kryptonite wasn't added until the '60s. All sorts of things like this. If a character is going to remain vital, he does have to change with the times.

~David S. Goyer

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When Superman was originally created, by Siegel and Shuster, they were two Jewish immigrants that were desperately trying to assimilate into America. They were having a hard time because they were Jewish. They wanted to get in to mainstream publishing but they couldn't. That's why they, and a lot of Jewish guys, went into comic books.

~David S. Goyer

Topics: America Assimilate Because Books Comic Comic Books Created Desperately Get Guys Hard Hard Time Having Immigrants Jewish Lot Mainstream Originally Publishing Superman Time Trying Two Wanted Were Why

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It's ironic: In movies, the most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. By far. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books.

~David S. Goyer

Topics: Been Books Even Fantasy Far Fiction Films Ironic Lot Most Movies People Read Sci-Fi Science Science Fiction Successful Time

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I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise. It's the stuff that I love writing about. I like creating worlds.

~David S. Goyer

Topics: About Books Comic Comic Books Creating Fantasy Fiction Geek Grew Like Love Make Mystery Otherwise Pulp Reading Science Science Fiction Stuff Up Worlds Writing I Love

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The thing about 'Batman Begins' is that he's a character that people thought they knew a lot about, and yet you're able to identify the spirit in his life where even in the comic books it's not explored that much.

~David S. Goyer

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How many married couples do you know who met over accounting books in a Starbucks?

~David Schweikert

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One day I was in Starbucks going through one of my books on accounting, and this beautiful young woman came up to me and said, 'My accounting book is different from yours.' Her name was Joyce, she had a background in finance and administration and ran a surgery center. Within a short time, we were married.

~David Schweikert

Topics: Accounting Administration Background Beautiful Book Books Came Center Day Different Finance Going Had Her Joyce Married Me Name One Day Ran Said She Short Short Time Starbucks Surgery Through Time Up Were Within Woman Young Young Woman Yours

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