--- title: "1 Work Visual Quotes By Wes Ball" description: "1 Work Visual quotes by Wes Ball. Plus more from Wes Ball and more Work Visual sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/wes-ball-31343_book_you-know-things-that-might-work-in-a-boo_689671.jpg" --- > [You know, things that might work in a book just do not work in the visual medium of movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/you-know-things-that-might-work-in-a-book-just-do-not-work-in-the/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/wes-ball-31343_book_you-know-things-that-might-work-in-a-boo_689671.jpg) ## More by Wes Ball > [When you keep things responsible and manageable, you can make some interesting movies that you maybe couldn't make otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/when-you-keep-things-responsible-and-manageable-you-can-make-some/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [I had this project called 'Ruin' in my head for six years or so. This really big, really ambitious sci-fi thing. It's kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/i-had-this-project-called-ruin-in-my-head-for-six-years-or-so-this/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [In a book, you can kind of take time and have lulls in places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/in-a-book-you-can-kind-of-take-time-and-have-lulls-in-places/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [I have a few filmmaker friends who are known for shooting super-fast, and they say that you don't have the time to over-think things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/i-have-a-few-filmmaker-friends-who-are-known-for-shooting-super-fast/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [I always wanted to do a very fun, adventurous kind of car chase, and the opening of 'Ruin' is essentially like the 'Star Wars'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/i-always-wanted-to-do-a-very-fun-adventurous-kind-of-car-chase-and/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [You know, things that might work in a book just do not work in the visual medium of movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/you-know-things-that-might-work-in-a-book-just-do-not-work-in-the/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [For me personally, when I was a kid, that's like the stuff I wanted to watch - all the R-rated stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/for-me-personally-when-i-was-a-kid-that-s-like-the-stuff-i-wanted-to/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [Movies are made in the scriptwriting process and prepping and preparations for the shooting process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/movies-are-made-in-the-scriptwriting-process-and-prepping-and/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [Everything is always against you when making a movie, and if you don't have a solid blueprint that the entire team can get behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/everything-is-always-against-you-when-making-a-movie-and-if-you-don-t/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [We storyboard a lot, but I love when we are just going in there and just, almost on the fly, making stuff and discovering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/we-storyboard-a-lot-but-i-love-when-we-are-just-going-in-there-and/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [When you're out there trying to still figure things out, it can just slow things down. So you have to kind of think on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/when-you-re-out-there-trying-to-still-figure-things-out-it-can-just/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > ['Jurassic Park' is probably the movie that got me wanting to make movies. It's fun, but it's not totally gruesome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/jurassic-park-is-probably-the-movie-that-got-me-wanting-to-make/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [My job is to kind of nudge them. Who said it, where, like, '90% of the job is casting,' so all I do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/my-job-is-to-kind-of-nudge-them-who-said-it-where-like-90-of-the-job/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [The script is so key to making a good movie. But everything is against you when you're making a movie: the logistics of putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/the-script-is-so-key-to-making-a-good-movie-but-everything-is-against/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) > [I always knew the script was important, but I didn't realize how important until you get out there and just deal with the issues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/i-always-knew-the-script-was-important-but-i-didn-t-realize-how/) [Wes Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-ball/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-visual/wes-ball/#itemlist", "name": "1 Work Visual Quotes By Wes Ball", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know, things that might work in a book just do not work in the visual medium of movies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wes Ball" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-ball/you-know-things-that-might-work-in-a-book-just-do-not-work-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/wes-ball-31343_book_you-know-things-that-might-work-in-a-boo_689671.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/wes-ball-31343_book_you-know-things-that-might-work-in-a-boo_689671.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/wes-ball-31343_book_you-know-things-that-might-work-in-a-boo_689671.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know, things that might work in a book just do not work in the visual medium of movies.” — Wes Ball", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-visual/wes-ball/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-visual/wes-ball/", "name": "Work Visual Quotes by Wes Ball", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-visual/wes-ball/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/wes-ball-31343_book_you-know-things-that-might-work-in-a-boo_689671.jpg" }, "description": "1 Work Visual quotes by Wes Ball. 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