Books Quote by Robyn Davidson Download Open image “I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film.” — Robyn Davidson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Film I think Think Unrealistic Writing
I don't think most books can be justifiably translated on screen. The film versions can't convey the right emotion, fuel your imagination or allow… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations. — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is… — Andrea Arnold Copy Share Image
Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Interestingly, I never thought Id do an adaptation. Ive also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is… — Andrea Arnold Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people complain about how books and stories change when they're translated to the screen. But I think sometimes people forget… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
I think writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell those books… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you just read the book, you're taking in the narrative, you're taking in the characters, you're understanding it in a certain way. If… — James Franco Copy Share Image
There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns—small intuitive flashes, when you know you have done something… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
Australia's arid western region, from the town of Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean coast, is a beautiful, haunting, but largely empty land. Dominated… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
When I was young, I thought I wouldn't be a good mother. Now I think I would be, but I'm too long in the… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
I think people are frightened by different things, so I don't see myself as particularly courageous. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
“... It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring” — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
The truth is I'm not really interested in travel writing as it's generally conceived, and even less so in female travel writing. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
