Books Quote by Ruth Ozeki

It was really a means-of-production problem. It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a…

— Ruth Ozeki

The difficulty with film is you always have to consign a story to being a certain length, whereas with a book you don't have…

— Emilia Fox

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 writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell those books…

— Charlize Theron

Because making movies is such an expensive endeavor, other media such as books and comics have long been a more feasible way to experiment…

— Anita Elberse

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?

— Neil Jordan

When you're working on a novel, you never think about how much it would cost to shoot one of your scenes. But that's a…

— Michael Connelly

Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a…

— Anthony Minghella

I like to see films that come out with lower budgets because you're forced into using your imagination. You don't have everything at your…

— Heath Ledger

The more screenwriting you do, the more you become aware that particular scenes aren't going to end up in the movie because they're too…

— Nick Hornby

As long as you keep your budgets small, there's a way of making films.

— Andrea Arnold

A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films.

— Christopher McQuarrie