Book Quote by Melvin Van Peebles

I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form.

— Denise Mina

I really believe that the movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer - a movie…

— Scott Turow

The book is even quirkier, but it's hard to bring all of that stuff to a movie. With a book, you use your imagination…

— Jemaine Clement

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate…

— Stephen Fry

The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.

— Barry Eisler

As much as I really like the screenwriting thing, the novel is where the author has so much control.

— Gillian Flynn

I think it is always a long shot getting a book made into a film. Making that book into a film is going to…

— Alan Lightman

I think the graphic novel form works, in practice, a lot differently from watching a movie. You can put it down and pick it…

— Travis Beacham

To me any given story has its appropriate form. There might be some story I get involved with that's begging to be a graphic…

— Dave Eggers

As an author, you can't expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that's what you hope for, you shouldn't sell…

— Bernhard Schlink

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

A book and a movie are different animals. You need a cinematic perspective to be involved in the motion pictures. And this is something…

— Ashwin Sanghi