Being faithful Quote by William S. Burroughs

As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into…

— Iain Banks

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

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

A book is one kind of an art form and a film is a different art form. I think as a writer you just…

— Lisa See

Movies are not the book. Movies are not even the screenplay. They are the movie.

— Bruce Joel Rubin

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

When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

If you are making a script based on a book it can be frustrating going back to the source novel, because you're turning the…

— Clive Owen

I could never be a part of an adaptation of a film where there's pressure to not disappoint the immense fan base. In those…

— Alexander Payne

To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to…

— Nicholas Sparks

A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe…

— Graham Greene

It is customary for the writer to sneer that Hollywood has traduced their book. Well, I adore my film.

— Allison Pearson