"Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I……" — Christopher Hampton
"Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them."
—
Christopher Hampton
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
23 Quotes by Christopher Hampton
Christopher Hampton has 23 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists…
-
Masturbation is the thinking man's television.
-
You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie,…
-
It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in.
-
I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if…
-
I like L.A., but I think whats changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film,…
-
I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.
-
To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be…
-
If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American…
-
You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than…
-
I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing but read.
-
I love films. If I'd known how to get into or do it from the word go, I would have…
See all 23 quotes by Christopher Hampton »
More Adaptation Quotes
This quote is filed under Adaptation Quotes,
one of 204 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general…
— Annie Besant
-
Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not…
— Franz Boas
-
I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed…
— Nicolas Cage
-
The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than…
— Nick Cave
-
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple…
— Lord Chesterfield
-
I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing…
— Warren Christopher
-
I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who…
— Diablo Cody
-
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance…
— Sun Tzu
-
Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the…
— Georges Clemenceau
-
Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This…
— Laozi
-
During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned -…
— Peter Drucker
-
It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored in climate that seem to me…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
See all 204 Adaptation Quotes »