As far as 'Birdsong' is concerned, I think the television program made a very honorable attempt at it, but the truth of… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
Any adaptation is a translation, and there is such a thing as an unreadably faithful translation; and I believe a degree of… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
In terms of screenwriting adaptations it's trying to cut out stuff that's extraneous, without doing damage to the original piece, because you… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
More and more we try to effect an adaptation to life by means of external gadgets, and attempt to solve our problems… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I don't believe in "average people" doing anything [about the climate]. People outght to support mitigation and adaptation within their own line… — Bruce Bruce Copy Share Image
If it's a good work of adaptation, the book should remain a book and the film should remain a film, and you… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
One of the more problematic aspects of the current state of cinema in Japan is that the movies playing in the theaters… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
“I have discussed how the goal of feeling happy is unusual; its not like other goals such as learning to bake a… — Jonathan Rottenberg Copy Share Image
Upon the publication of Goethe's epic drama, the Faustian legend had reached an almost unapproachable zenith. Although many failed to appreciate, or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The earliest signs of living things, announcing as they do a high complexity of organization, entirely exclude the hypothesis of a transmutation… — Roderick Murchison Copy Share Image
The proof given by Wright, that non-adaptive differentiation will occur in small populations owing to "drift," or the chance fixation of some… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
Mixture of assimilation to earlier schemas and adaptation to the actual conditions of the situation is what defines motor intelligence. But and… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
The system functioned relatively automatically, and the prevailing system of racial meanings, identities, and ideologies already seemed natural. Ninety percent of those… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Totalitarianism extends to whatever touches it...psychological technique, as it operates in the army or in a great industrial plant, entails a direct… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
The Pavlovian view of women voters - plug the words in, and they will respond - sends a chill down my spine… — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
I'm from Toronto. It's a lot more laid back. When you are thrust into different environments, there is an odd adaptation period.… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
Dominance in an adaptation to anarchy and it serves no purpose in a society that has undergone a civilising process or in… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
But that constant adjustment and adaptation to your new environment, all the variables are the same. There's always a promoter, there's always… — Feist Copy Share Image
The things I have sold to film, I've sold because I was happy to rent out the right to adapt those works.… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I increasingly fear that nothing good can come of almost any adaptation, and obviously that's sweeping. There are a couple of adaptations… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
... universal adoption of the institutions of the free society would better enable adaptation to climate both now and in the future.… — Julian Morris Copy Share Image
The book [Night manager] is amazing. It is amazing to act in any book adaptation, because a book gives you so many… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
remember this: When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned...you know the difference between right… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We're [humans] running great risks of doing things that will not be good for us. The cost can be very high indeed… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
I think nobody would claim that random genetic drift is capable of producing adaptation, that is to say the illusion of design.… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to… — Andrea Arnold Copy Share Image
“in spite of the phenomenal growth of the Internet and mobile devices, I still believe television will continue to be an incredibly… — Phil Cooke Copy Share Image
Every mutation through a new combination of genetic factors that provides the organism with a new opportunity for coming to terms with… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
There is much appeal for me in Eastern religion, the little I know of it. And something thorny in me finds American… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
Any adaptation - and I've done three in my career. I did 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Hugo' and 'Coriolanus.' It's important to find… — John Logan Copy Share Image
As an example, there is a Japanese composer / singer whose name is Tanimura [Shinji]: he has composed a song entitled entitled… — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
Most writers are unhappy with film adaptations of their work, and rightly so. 'Field of Dreams,' however, caught the spirit and essence… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
'How do you balance the creative with the biblical?' One could pick up the scripture and read it to oneself and you… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations before this, but they were… — Walter Salles Copy Share Image
Organic planning does not begin with a preconceived goal; it moves from need to need, from opportunity to opportunity, in a series… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So… — Christopher Hampton Copy Share Image
![“I don't believe in "average people" doing anything [about the climate]. People outght to support mitigation and adaptation within their own line of work, no matter how un-average that is. I mean: if you're a butcher, baker, ballerina, banker, or a plumber, envision yourself as the post-fossil-fuel…” quote by Bruce Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7fd/bruce-bruce-44351_adaptation_i-don-t-believe-in-average-people-doing_420487.jpg)
![“The book [Night manager] is amazing. It is amazing to act in any book adaptation, because a book gives you so many secrets and details that don't necessarily get shot in an adaptation. They give you a cushion underneath everything. The detail in the character, the detail in the tone.” quote by Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e45/tom-hiddleston-1633_adaptation_the-book-night-manager-is-amazing-it-is_462312.png)
![“We're [humans] running great risks of doing things that will not be good for us. The cost can be very high indeed if we reach the point where we can't adapt to our own increasingly rapid adaptations. We run the risk of early extinction. So this certainly isn't a triumphalist story, but it is…” quote by Robert Neelly Bellah](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5d8/robert-neelly-bellah-25104_adaptation_we-re-humans-running-great-risks-of-doin_1819566.jpg)
![“As an example, there is a Japanese composer / singer whose name is Tanimura [Shinji]: he has composed a song entitled entitled "Kazeno Komoriuta" and I have recorded my piano adaptation of this song and honestly I couldn't expect that it would be so difficult and challenging for me to perform my…” quote by Richard Clayderman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fdb/richard-clayderman-27290_adaptation_as-an-example-there-is-a-japanese-compos_3010506.jpg)
