Adaptation Quote by Akiva Goldsman

My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away…

— Ben Elton

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write…

— Nick Cave

What I do usually is read the book first, for pleasure, to see if my brain starts connecting with it, as a movie. And…

— Richard LaGravenese

The issue of doing an adaptation of a book is the theater of the mind, and so you always face that.

— Dana Brunetti

When we want a book exactly like the one we just finished reading, what we really want is to recreate that pleasurable experience--the headlong…

— Nancy Pearl

Adapting a book is the most difficult thing because half the time you are wondering what to remove.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read a book,…

— Carlton Cuse

When you are adapting a book to a visual medium, you tend to leave a few things and add a few new ones.

— Vetrimaaran

I like looking at a book and asking myself, 'How do I replicate that experience I just had as a reader?'

— Jane Goldman

It's terrible for people when they really love a book and there's an adaptation and they don't like it, because it's almost like you…

— Killian Scott

Reading alters the appearance of a book. Once it has been read, it never looks the same again, and people leave their individual imprint…

— Paul Theroux

Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse.

— Marjane Satrapi