Books Quote by Lynne Ramsay

Literature and film have a way of lifting you from your own existence and transporting you to some foreign place and putting you in…

— Khaled Hosseini

Writing and making films aren't different things to me. Or maybe it has become so, now. Making film is a very long process and…

— Abdellah Taia

I think that cinema is medium of communication. It's as valid as novels or fine art.

— Ken Loach

We were trained as writers with the idea that literature is something that can change reality, that it's not just a very sophisticated entertainment…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I don't know if it's good or bad, but when I first started writing I imitated the narrative thrust of a movie. And as…

— Kevin Wilson

I’m just a storyteller, and the cinema happens to be my medium. I like it because it recreates life in movement, enlarges it, enhances…

— Federico Fellini

I think it's always a challenge to adapt a beautiful literary work into a fresh and alive film.

— Michael Stuhlbarg

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

— Bruce Beresford

I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.

— Eric Rohmer

I believe the cinema is one of our principal forms of art. It is an incredibly powerful way to tell uplifitng stories that can…

— Wes Craven

Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life.…

— Leos Carax

I think it's restrictive to typecast myself as a novelist because I enjoy other forms of expression. I love literature and I love cinema.

— Julia Leigh