Book Quote by Allison Pearson

To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to…

— Nicholas Sparks

I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.

— Robyn Davidson

Always remember, there's no point trying to be faithful to the book because film and writing are just two completely different things. Any film…

— William S. Burroughs

As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into…

— Iain Banks

I've been told, and I think I recognize it, that there's a cinematic quality to my writing, with a sense of image and place…

— Khaled Hosseini

Strange - I'm not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don't stay with me the way books do. Stranger…

— Dani Shapiro

Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.

— Barry Eisler

All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize…

— Vikas Swarup

I have friends who are writers who have had movies made of their books, and they are almost uniformly horrified about what's been done…

— Diana Gabaldon

Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way.

— Katherine Dunn

I'm not after having the lead or being in a blockbuster Hollywood film. I'm after reading the material and loving it. That's all.

— Sofia Boutella

Film is not like a book; it's not a writer's baby at all. So many people have put in their talent, by that time…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala