I firmly believe that you can't get a good movie without risking a bad movie. A good adaptation of your book is… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
If you write an original, it's like you went in and dug a well, and you hit oil. But an adaptation, it's… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
The desert floras shame us with their cheerful adaptations to the seasonal limitations. Their whole duty is to flower and fruit, and… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
At the Global Crop Diversity Trust, we work to conserve the diversity that will allow the adaptation and evolution of our agricultural… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
Interestingly, I never thought Id do an adaptation. Ive also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to… — Andrea Arnold Copy Share Image
“If we can agree that the economic problem of society is mainly one of rapid adaptation to changes in the particular circumstances… — Friedrich A. Hayek Copy Share Image
I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The challenge was the opportunity. When I read the first draft of Steve Kloves' fabulous adaptation - I hadn't read [Michael] Chabon's… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
“In Paley's famous illustration, the adaptation of all the parts of the watch to the function, or purpose, of showing the time,… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
I think any musical has so many moving parts and the challenge is unifying all the moving parts in particular because you… — Marc E. Platt Copy Share Image
Skateboarding has always been and continues to be creative and rebellious. Art and design are an extremely important part of skateboard culture,… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
I do remain optimistic that one day the world will realise that carbon dioxide is more of a friend than an enemy… — Nick Minchin Copy Share Image
You do not need to do many different exercises to get strong - you need to get strong on a very few… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
Throughout his last half-dozen books, for example, Arthur Koestler has been conducting a campaign against his own misunderstanding of Darwinism. He hopes… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I had to create a children's show, because we wanted the money - and it was, interestingly enough, the first project at… — Richard Cotovsky Copy Share Image
The present era grabs everything that was ever written in order to transform it into films, TV programs; or cartoons. What is… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with a plan, but remember Von Moltke's famous dictum that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. The… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
The thing that is really hard about adaptation is that I try to only pick things I love because if it is… — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
You couldn't escape the literary atmosphere in our home. I grew up as a Britisher. I played a protagonist of every nationality… — Satya Bhabha Copy Share Image
“Adaptation is very effective at cooling cities, (e.g.) cool roofs and pavements… Adaptive actions can typically deliver much more protection much faster… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
A while ago, I did a television adaptation of 'Bleak House,' and the character I played, as far as I was concerned,… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
Space is an environment of emptiness. It offers no possibility for natural adaptation to any living organism - and particularly not to… — Hubertus Strughold Copy Share Image
What we have seen in the way of adaptation and adjustment seems to indicate that families are adjusting parenting to the world… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
Hinduism would not be eternal were it not constantly growing and spreading, and taking in new areas of experience. Precisely because it… — Sister Nivedita Copy Share Image
Watching an adaptation of your novel can be a violent experience: seeing your old jokes suddenly thrust at you can be alarming.… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
(before playing Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet) I couldn't really come up with a short way to sum up… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
“If you don’t see the images on a screen because people block your view, it is easier to adjust your sitting position… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“[F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation. What game has survived subjection… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
When environments change, they usually do so pretty rapidly, at rates with which adaptation by natural selection would be hard put to… — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
Here's how adaptation works - almost everything in the movie is in the book in some form. But it's as though the… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Our adaptation to the natural forces is a question of existence or non-existence. We cannot transform the universe or nature so that… — Edmond Bordeaux Szekely Copy Share Image
Culture is the most potent method of adaptation that has emerged in the evolutionary history of the living world. - Theodosius Dobzhanksky...the… — Jerry Sabloff Copy Share Image
During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I think that when you do an adaptation for theater, it's either a marriage or a love affair..and so tremendous is my… — Romulus Linney Copy Share Image
If a program of physical activity isn't designed to get you stronger or faster or better conditioned by producing a specific stress… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
It’s a lovely adaptation that honors Lois Lowry’s vision and authority…the film…illuminates and explores the beauty, danger and pain of our free,… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
If you're playing someone who has lived, there's the risk of imitation, or whether you focus on the essence of who that… — Hayley Atwell Copy Share Image
It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions. Change is not the same as transition. Change is situational: the… — William Bridges Copy Share Image
The degree to which a surviving parent copes is the most important indicator of the child's long-term adaptation. Kids whose surviving parents… — Hope Edelman Copy Share Image
At the time, The Hotel New Hampshire was John Irving's favorite adaptation of his work, which meant a lot to all of… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
![“The challenge was the opportunity. When I read the first draft of Steve Kloves' fabulous adaptation - I hadn't read [Michael] Chabon's book at that time - what I was immediately captivated by was this group of characters that were at once so engaging and so messed up.” quote by Curtis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/780/curtis-hanson-9380_adaptation_the-challenge-was-the-opportunity-when-i_2233199.jpg)
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![“[F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation. What game has survived subjection to such extraordinary manipulations, having been prolonged to 10 days (in Durban 70 years ago), truncated to as few as 60 balls (in Hong Kong…” quote by Gideon Haigh](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/862/gideon-haigh-29769_adaptation_f-or-all-its-reputation-for-conservatism_3136623.jpg)
