Books Quote by Simon Beaufoy

I do know that the best way to make a mediocre movie is to just transcribe the book.

— Andy Weir

I've been a fan of movies longer than anything else. One thing I learned a long time ago is that you can't translate a…

— Andrew Stanton

And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind.

— Thomas Keneally

It is a challenging task to adapt a book to screen presentation and you will not be able to satisfy those who read the…

— Vetrimaaran

I found that inevitably you cannot fit everything that is in that book into what is inevitably going to go on screen.

— Mike Vogel

It's always a challenge to adapt a novel for screen, a visual medium.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

A lot of films that have been adapted from books stop serving you because they become different. I mean, they are different entities in…

— Andrea Riseborough

It's a very artistic process to translate and adapt a book into a series.

— Carlton Cuse

As a novelist, you have to realise that the novel and the film have to live separate lives. They're just different, like your kids,…

— Don Winslow

I have to say from the outset that not all prose can be transferred to the screen.

— Andrei Tarkovsky

I much prefer writing an original movie with the screen in mind to transferring a play to the screen.

— Neil Simon

There are always differences when you adapt a novel to a film. A novel is longer so you're automatically cutting out elements and introspection…

— Nicholas Sparks