Books Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can't really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience.

— Steven Bochco

TV and film are very different media with different requirements. In a TV show, you have actors and fellow writers and directors, who are…

— Howard Gordon

Obviously there's a lot more to a TV show than just a book... I think adaptations are a bit tricky for the screenwriters because…

— Zoe Foster Blake

Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to think of…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really…

— James Patterson

When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and I want…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

If you create a good story that has a lot of story value I think audiences like that. It's why they stick with the…

— Robert Rodriguez

A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight third person…

— Karen Traviss

People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.

— Kevin Spacey

I suppose drama can either take the place of a novel or can be very closely allied with it. It's quite customary to turn…

— William Golding

For me, the experience of making the show is very much like being in a novel. I enjoy getting the new script. I make…

— Billy Campbell

What audiences love with series is that they can invest in characters for such a long period of time, and it's the same for…

— Florence Pugh