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> [As far as 'Birdsong' is concerned, I think the television program made a very honorable attempt at it, but the truth of the matter is that adaptations of long, ambitious books very seldom transfer well to the screen, and why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/as-far-as-birdsong-is-concerned-i-think-the-television-program-made-a/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

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## More by Sebastian Faulks

> [“Under the treaty of Sevres in 1920 Greece had been given Smyrna, and by 1922 the Greek army was trying to push its way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/under-the-treaty-of-sevres-in-1920-greece-had-been-given-smyrna-and/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/in-the-1970s-british-food-was-beginning-to-get-good-whereas-in-france/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [“It was more wonderful than making love with a negro boxer on Mr Singer’s billiard table.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/it-was-more-wonderful-than-making-love-with-a-negro-boxer-on-mr/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [I am a romantic, in a literary way, by which I mean the Romantic poets, who thought just because a sensation is fleeting doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/i-am-a-romantic-in-a-literary-way-by-which-i-mean-the-romantic-poets/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [I suppose that each of us may have a great moment in our life, a month, a week a year, when we are most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/i-suppose-that-each-of-us-may-have-a-great-moment-in-our-life-a-month/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [If not just the brain but the quirks that made the individual were composed of recycled matter only, it was hard to be sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/if-not-just-the-brain-but-the-quirks-that-made-the-individual-were/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [I don't do interviews at home any more because my wife doesn't like having her taste in interiors put through the mill. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/i-don-t-do-interviews-at-home-any-more-because-my-wife-doesn-t-like/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [The past was suddenly rushing in on me in a way I found hard to fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/the-past-was-suddenly-rushing-in-on-me-in-a-way-i-found-hard-to-fight/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [He saw a picture in his mind of a terrible piling up of the dead. It came from his contemplation of the church, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/he-saw-a-picture-in-his-mind-of-a-terrible-piling-up-of-the-dead-it/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [“Stephen watched the packets of lives with their memories and loves go spinning and vomiting into the ground. Death had no meaning, but still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/stephen-watched-the-packets-of-lives-with-their-memories-and-loves-go/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [From an early age she had developed the art of being alone and generally preferred her own company to anyone else’s. She read books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/from-an-early-age-she-had-developed-the-art-of-being-alone-and/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [Why would a novel - which is all about the inward processes of people's developing feelings and developing relationships - why would you be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/why-would-a-novel-which-is-all-about-the-inward-processes-of-people-s/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [“I liked slicing through the beige brain when it had been fixed; the texture reminded me of cooked cauliflower. It was wonderful to hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/i-liked-slicing-through-the-beige-brain-when-it-had-been-fixed-the/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [It was entirely silent and I tried to breathe its peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/it-was-entirely-silent-and-i-tried-to-breathe-its-peace/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

> [“Until we can navigate in time, I'm not sure that we can prove that what happened is real.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/until-we-can-navigate-in-time-i-m-not-sure-that-we-can-prove-that/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

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