Adapting Quote by Jonathan Tropper

Well, the medium of film is so different than a book that just by bringing it into visual storytelling is to change it up.…

— Melissa Rosenberg

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

At times when you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two…

— Josh Hutcherson

A lot of films that have been adapted from books stop serving you because they become different. I mean, they are different entities in…

— Andrea Riseborough

I think as an author you have to allow a movie to be separate from the book. It's an entirely different animal. I almost…

— Rainbow Rowell

Adapting a book doesn't mean the book stops just because you've made a film out of it.

— Julian Barratt

Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way.

— Katherine Dunn

When you adapt a book to a film, you take all the best parts and put them into an hour and 15 minutes and…

— Channing Tatum

I could never be a part of an adaptation of a film where there's pressure to not disappoint the immense fan base. In those…

— Alexander Payne

I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can…

— Katherine Paterson

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

Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, ‘No, I’m not interested.’ I…

— Paulo Coelho