Adapt Quote by Christopher Hampton

I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies.

— Anthony Minghella

There's so many films made out of bad books, and I don't have time for those.

— Stellan Skarsgard

Many bad books have had great influence.

— Anne Applebaum

Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there.

— Casey Affleck

I think it's really hard for filmmakers to adapt books.

— Ella Purnell

You know, not every good book needs to be a movie, or a television series, or a video game. There's great work in those…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“I just don't understand why some people think that every book you read ought to be "improving". No one goes to the cinema with…

— Catherine Jones

I firmly believe that you can't get a good movie without risking a bad movie. A good adaptation of your book is worth it…

— Cassandra Clare

As far as books getting turned into movies, I fared very, very well.

— Kate DiCamillo

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?

— Neil Jordan

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

— Katherine Dunn

I've seen movies that are slavishly devoted to books but don't work because they haven't turned it into a movie: they've turned it into…

— Gillian Flynn