According Quote by Walter Kirn

I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies.

— Anthony Minghella

Just as good books give me the joys of being alive, bad novels depress me, and as I notice this sentiment coming from the…

— Orhan Pamuk

There's so many films made out of bad books, and I don't have time for those.

— Stellan Skarsgard

Films to the degree that they glorify mindlessness and short attention span they are bad, to the degree that they encourage empathy with people…

— Roger Ebert

Obviously there's something very seductive about movies, which can be attractive in a bad way if you're doing them for the wrong reasons -…

— Andrew Garfield

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

— Christopher Hampton

Personally, I see little distinction between an artistic mentality and criminality. You couldn't possibly create a compelling story without some wickedness or some fascination…

— Russell Smith

I must be honest and say that I was under the fascination of films. I was fascinated by all films, even the words of…

— Sergio Leone

I've always found bad films more enjoyable than good ones.

— Eric Idle

Nobody sets out to make a bad film, but so many of those compromises are made and often they're made because of vanity, pride…

— Rick McCallum

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

— Aldous Huxley

The novel may stimulate you to think. It may satisfy your aesthetic sense. It may arouse your moral emotions. But if it does not…

— W. Somerset Maugham