Book Quote by Debra Granik

There are very few films that work like a novel.

— Robert Schwentke

For every one that gets made, there are five other movies that you try to get made that you don't.

— John Lee Hancock

Everyone makes films that don't work.

— Waheeda Rehman

Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.

— Chris Van Allsburg

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

— Casey Affleck

Sometimes, people don't make the kind of films you want to do.

— Saqib Saleem

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

— Neil Jordan

Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films.

— Claire Tomalin

There are a million logical reasons to not make a film, and I think if you get focused on all the critics or money…

— Brad Bird

It is important that all kind of films are made.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

Film industry people don't read books.

— Naseeruddin Shah

There's not a lot of good movies being made.

— Sean Penn