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title: "2 Novel Tv Quotes by 1 author"
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> [Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to think of the things fiction can do that film can't and play to the strengths of the novel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/why-would-somebody-just-read-a-novel-when-they-can-see-it-on-tv-or-in/)

[Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/)

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> [I'm always trying to make something that is impossible to film. Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to think of the things fiction can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-m-always-trying-to-make-something-that-is-impossible-to-film-why/)

[Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/)

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