Book Quote by Evangeline Lilly

All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize…

— Vikas Swarup

When you read the book, you paint the picture but when you adapt a book then the audience will, by and large, say the…

— Vijay Krishna Acharya

With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.

— Bruce Beresford

Always remember, there's no point trying to be faithful to the book because film and writing are just two completely different things. Any film…

— William S. Burroughs

Every filmmaker knows that when you make a book into a movie, the first thing you have to do is kill the book, unfortunately.…

— Sam Raimi

It's tricky turning a book into a movie. Sometimes people love the book so much that no adaptation lives up to what they imagined.…

— Craig Ferguson

When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

The book is even quirkier, but it's hard to bring all of that stuff to a movie. With a book, you use your imagination…

— Jemaine Clement

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the…

— Paulo Coelho

If you just read the book, you're taking in the narrative, you're taking in the characters, you're understanding it in a certain way. If…

— James Franco

A book and a movie are different animals. You need a cinematic perspective to be involved in the motion pictures. And this is something…

— Ashwin Sanghi

It's a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to…

— Keira Knightley