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Novel Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- The greatest multiplex in the universe is inside your mind, and the only ticket you need is a good, well-written novel.
- Well, this is a story about books." About books?" About accursed books, about a man who wrote them, about a character who broke out of…
- ...until that moment I had not understood that this was a story about lonely people, about absence and loss, and that that was why I…
- I was secretly convinced that with such a marvel one would be able to write anything, from novels to encyclopedias, and letters whose supernatural power…
- I had never known the pleasure of reading, of exploring the recesses of the soul, of letting myself be carried away by imagination, beauty, and…
- My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other narrative devices that…
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