''Pieces of Time'' is a 1973 book by

Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. One of the " New Hollywood" directors, Bogdanovich started as a film journalist until he was hired to work on ...

consisting of a collection of writings by Bogdanovich on film, including pieces he had previously written for '' Esquire''. The title is taken from a phrase American actor James Stewart spoke in an interview with Peter Bogdanovich in 1966, which appears in the book. It is in the chapter ''Th' Respawnsibility of Bein' J ... Jimmy Stewart'', in which Stewart says, "An' that's the thing – that's the great thing about the movies. ...After you ''learn'' – and if you're good and Gawd helps ya and you're lucky enough to have a personality that comes across – then what you're doing is ... you're giving people little ... little, tiny pieces of ''time'' ... that they never forget."

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1973 non-fiction books Books by Peter Bogdanovich Books about film American non-fiction books {{film-book-stub