Bad Quote by Alexander Payne

The better a novel is, in literary terms, the more you can't be faithful. The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good…

— Alexander Payne

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

— Anthony Minghella

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

“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

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

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

— Aldous Huxley

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

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

— Christopher Hampton

I never think about a movie when I'm writing a book, because I think only two things could happen and both of them are…

— Don Winslow

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

To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay is another,…

— Christopher McQuarrie

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