Author Quote by Bernhard Schlink

If you sell the film rights to your book, it doesn't mean there will be a film. I have sold the rights to five…

— Matt Haig

I have had several offers to make the book into a film. I don't know if the message could be accurately transmitted, and so…

— Frederick Lenz

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

No one forces me, or any other writer, to sell a film option on the books. If you don't want to run the risk…

— Jeff Abbott

If you have sold the film rights to somebody, take your money and leave. If the producers need you, they will call you. But…

— Ravi Subramanian

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

The only control you have over a movie is whether or not you decide to sell the rights.

— Kate DiCamillo

I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can…

— Katherine Paterson

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

A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe…

— Graham Greene

I think as an author you have to allow a movie to be separate from the book. It's an entirely different animal. I almost…

— Rainbow Rowell

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

— Barry Eisler