Adaptation Quote by Brian Helgeland

If you write an original, its like you went in and dug a well, and you hit oil. But an adaptation, its like the…

— Brian Helgeland

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We…

— Voltaire

“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We…

— Anonymous

My adaptations are just as complicated as an original.

— Lynne Ramsay

Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.

— Frank Darabont

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

— Voltaire

There were times in 'Adaptation' during the editing where I really thought, 'Okay, well, this was a noble failure. I tried to do something…

— Spike Jonze

Originality, of course, is what occurs when something new arises out of what's already been done.

— Stephen Dunn

In any adaptation, the challenge is to take the essence of the original source of the material, be faithful to it to a point,…

— Marc Platt

I've had stuff of mine adapted by other people, so I've come to the conclusion that a movie is a different form from a…

— Donald E. Westlake

I increasingly fear that nothing good can come of almost any adaptation, and obviously that's sweeping. There are a couple of adaptations that are…

— Alan Moore

I don't like to use the word 'remake', I think reinterpretation is a better word. It's just a matter of respecting the source, and…

— Spike Lee