Book Quote by Alan Lightman

I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film.

— Jasper Fforde

It's a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to…

— Keira Knightley

Realistically, the chance of any book becoming a film is slim.

— Kenneth Oppel

The difficulty with film is you always have to consign a story to being a certain length, whereas with a book you don't have…

— Emilia Fox

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?

— Neil Jordan

I think it's really hard for filmmakers to adapt books.

— Ella Purnell

I think writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell those books…

— Charlize Theron

If I were to write a book about the progress of getting to a third film, it would be a long one.

— Colin Firth

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.

— Christopher Hampton

Every filmmaker knows that when you make a book into a movie, the first thing you have to do is kill the book, unfortunately.…

— Sam Raimi

I wish a book could reach as many people as film, but we have to be realistic about it.

— David Grann

When you adapt a book to a film, you take all the best parts and put them into an hour and 15 minutes and…

— Channing Tatum