Art Quote by Tom Clancy

The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.

— Yann Martel

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

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

Films are always different from books.

— William Kircher

I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film.

— Robyn Davidson

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

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

People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.

— Allison Janney

Films for TV have to be much closer to the book, mainly because the objective with a TV movie that translates literature is to…

— Michael Haneke

A movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules.

— J. Michael Straczynski

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

To me, movies are books. They are texts to be consulted.

— Guillermo del Toro