Book Quote by David Markson

A great novel is worth one thousand films.

— Oscar Hijuelos

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read.

— Jim Harrison

I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.

— Salman Rushdie

If I were to write a book about the progress of getting to a third film, it would be a long one.

— Colin Firth

There are very few films that work like a novel.

— Robert Schwentke

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

There are so many books and movies I like; I never mention specific ones.

— Hideo Kojima

I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

— Morris Gleitzman

I wish a book could reach as many people as film, but we have to be realistic about it.

— David Grann

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

— Kate DiCamillo

I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.

— Nicholas Sparks

I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

— Morris Gleitzman