Adaptations Quotes

43 quotes by 40 authors

Those writers that have zero say in their movie adaptations have zero say because they sell it. If you don't sell it, and you do… — Stephen Chbosky
The Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract… — Ada Lovelace
It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at… — Richard Donner
A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them.… — Richard Schickel
The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations. — Stephen Jay Gould
Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations. — Ralph Fiennes
I've done my share of period stuff. I'm not sure why, but people say I have a period face. The bread and butter of British… — Tom Hiddleston
Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations. — Ellsworth Huntington
I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I… — George R. R. Martin
I've never watched any of the adaptations of my books. I've never wanted to, and there's absolutely no chance of me doing so in the… — Alan Moore
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 perhaps… — Alan Moore
My main point about films is that I don't like the adaptation process, and I particularly don't like the modern way of comic book-film adaptations,… — Alan Moore
I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations. — Paula Radcliffe
The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me. — Stephen Sondheim
When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations. — Ashwin Sanghi
The more I think about myself, the more I'm persuaded that, as a person, I really don't exist. That is one of the reasons why… — Christopher Isherwood
A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story. — Joanne Froggatt
Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of… — Raina Telgemeier
The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced by the fact that birds which do not fly (Apteryx,… — August Krogh
Like springs, adaptations can only go downhill. — John Simon

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