Adapting Quote by Colin Firth

The better a novel is, in literary terms, the more you can't be faithful. The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good…

— Alexander Payne

. . . usually, the biggest problems of adapting plays into screenplays is that they stick too close to the play, and I think…

— Arthur Miller

To tell you the truth, I'm not unhappy about it. I'm not even sure that I like the idea of adapting novels into films.…

— Paul Auster

A good novel is something that challenges perception, that allows you to see the world anew through a different point of view - something…

— Justin Cartwright

If it's a good story, it's a good story, and it draws readers in.

— H. W. Brands

Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, ‘No, I’m not interested.’ I…

— Paulo Coelho

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

Obviously it's easier when I' m doing the adapting myself. But my feeling is, your potential upside far outweighs the downside. Ultimately, they [moviemakers]…

— Jonathan Tropper

The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels…

— Alexander Payne

What the readers want is a good story, and what the writers always want to luck into, it's a good story.

— Stephen Graham Jones

Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

I always believe that a good story will find its audience and that it will attract different kinds of elements of creative people who…

— Marc Platt