Book Quote by Jonas Akerlund

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

If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out…

— Miranda Otto

As a novelist, you have to realise that the novel and the film have to live separate lives. They're just different, like your kids,…

— Don Winslow

I think the book is less emotional than the film. With the film, the emotions are much more raw and in front. In the…

— Salman Rushdie

As a fan of both media, I never had any qualms about an adaptation. I've always been able to separate books I've loved from…

— Markus Zusak

There are very few films that work like a novel.

— Robert Schwentke

I feel like the books were just written like a movie. You read it and you can just kind of see everything. Before I…

— Liam Hemsworth

This novel is fiction, except for the parts that aren't.

— Michael Crichton

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

I think the books are the books. They were conceived as books. They weren't conceived as movies. When I write scripts, that's an idea…

— Bret Easton Ellis

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

“A book can tell you all the emotions and subtext that are so rarely aptly portrayed in film. You understand the nuances of each…

— AnnaLisa Grant