Been Quote by Khaled Hosseini

It is customary for the writer to sneer that Hollywood has traduced their book. Well, I adore my film.

— Allison Pearson

I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation.

— Jeff Kinney

Anytime you actually finish a film, I think it's a success. And to have that film seen and liked by audiences is the ultimate.

— Ryan Fleck

I've never been satisfied or even pleased with a film that I've done. I make them, I'm finished, I've never looked at one after.…

— Woody Allen

In writing for movies, you obviously want to resolve things and have a sense of completion at the end - in an ideal way.

— Mitch Glazer

When you're working on a film, it's not always finished visually, what you're looking at.

— Lorne Balfe

My sensibility is such that I automatically get drawn to films that have a good story, good characterization.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who…

— Karl Urban

I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.'…

— Maggie Stiefvater

To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to…

— Nicholas Sparks

Like every novelist, I fantasise about film. Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when…

— John le Carre

. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead…

— Orson Welles