Being faithful Quote by Alexander Payne

The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels…

— Alexander Payne

A good novel is something that challenges perception, that allows you to see the world anew through a different point of view - something…

— Justin Cartwright

A novel compared to film writing can allow the author to be more indulgent, and that extends to the characters and the story being…

— Kanika Dhillon

A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all…

— Ayn Rand

Good novel is a conjunction of many factors, the main of which is, without a doubt, hard work. There are many things behind a…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

You know, not every good book needs to be a movie, or a television series, or a video game. There's great work in those…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

I firmly believe that you can't get a good movie without risking a bad movie. A good adaptation of your book is worth it…

— Cassandra Clare

I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.

— Salman Rushdie

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies.

— Anthony Minghella

“I can't think of any film that improved on a good novel, but I can think of many good films that came from very…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez