Adapting Quote by James Franco Download Open image “Adapting a book is essentially a collaboration, whether the author is alive or dead.” — James Franco ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adapting Alive Book Books Collaboration
“Andrew Davies has said he prefers his authors dead, and I can see there is only a limited usefulness in a live one when… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse. — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
In the case of The Loved One, I was hired to collaborate on an updated version of the book. — Terry Southern Copy Share Image
And that's why books are never going to die. It's impossible. It's the only time we really go into the mind of a stranger,… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that's made by one person, but that's not true. Every reading of a book is… — John Green Copy Share Image
It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I was in Los Angeles making 'Dead Again' and the producer, Lindsay Doran , asked me if I'd be interested in adapting this book,… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
I'm a big reader, so I tend to already know the books when they're adapted into something. — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
The issue of doing an adaptation of a book is the theater of the mind, and so you always face that. — Dana Brunetti Copy Share Image
“No two readers can or will ever read the same book, because the reader builds the book in collaboration with the author.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I love that the idea of examining memory, and the way memory is edited was made more interesting because it was being filtered through… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing. — James Franco Copy Share Image
I went to NYU graduate film school and met Pam [Romanowsky], and after doing a few things with her I thought she had the… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything. — James Franco Copy Share Image
I hate being an actor, they dress you and put on your makeup and you just feel like a little baby. — James Franco Copy Share Image
Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don’t compromise. You can do other things to make money,… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I've been acting for many years now, and I find there's nothing I enjoy more than making films with my friends and people I… — James Franco Copy Share Image
In a movie, a book, or a play, a character doesn't live in a vacuum. She is subject to pressures from the world outside… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Anyone has outside influences. They are the results of the cosmic roll of the dice: this person is born Aragon the Ranger, this person… — James Franco Copy Share Image
If you have a profession that depends on what you look like, you can't blame somebody for caring about that. It's part of their… — James Franco Copy Share Image
For a struggling filmmaker running low on ideas, public domain is all we have for adapting books. — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
If I can do concert recitals, adapting the repertoire to my needs, then no problem, that's good enough. But with operas, unless the right… — Jose Carreras Copy Share Image
Firmino is a player who is really good at adapting to different positions. He is a No. 9, but he helps a lot in… — Fabinho Copy Share Image
Martial arts is not about picking your fights and picking how things go; it's about adapting to the how things are. — Gunnar Nelson Copy Share Image
I am like the fish in the aquarium, thinking in a different language, adapting to a life that’s not my natural habitat. I am… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality. — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
The fact that I made a special movie with an old-fashioned style - even if it's a mix between with modern and old-fashioned things… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I believe in having a few pupils at one time as it requires a constant alert observation of each individual in order to establish… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get… — Mark Spitz Copy Share Image
Man is a shrewd inventor, and is ever taking the hint of a new machine from his own structure, adapting some secret of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
