Book Adaptations Quotes

#1. The curse of comic book adaptations, when I was younger, was that the director or producer would go, "Don't worry about it, it's just a comic book."

Len Wein

#2. I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.

Maggie Stiefvater

#3. As long as, Woman presents herself weak, She is master of everything.

Tarif Naaz

#4. The triangle pointing downward is a female symbol corresponding to the yoni and the upward pointing triangle is the male, the lingam ... When the two triangles are interlaced, it represents the union of the active and passive forces in nature; it represents the male and female elements.

Albert Mackey

#5. In America, film is the highest form of art that the public aspires to. People will come to me and say 'Oh, your book was so good, they ought to make a movie out of it!' To which I reply 'Well, why? It's already a book.

Orson Scott Card

#6. I have seen and really liked the varied movie adaptations of the book, but 'Little Women' has a sprawling, richly tangled story that needs time and space to weave its magic.

Susanna Kearsley

#7. Never judge a book by its movie.

J. W. Eagan

#8. In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a film by that name in 1907, but, unlike his earlier adaptations of Verne, Melies' version bears no resemblance to the book.

Kage Baker

#9. Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went backward. In 1983, there were 267 U.S. men who broke 2:20 in a marathon, and by 2000 that number was down to 27.

Alberto Salazar

#10. I could give love. If someone ever wanted it from me." -Hades

Charlotte Bennardo

#11. Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.

Ralph Fiennes

#12. Guided By Voices was huge when I was 16. Then I got into the Beatles, then classical music, Beethoven.

Albert Hammond Jr.

#13. There are certain restaurants where you should photograph the food rather than eat it. These are great places to bring a narcissistic boyfriend before you break up.

Perry Brass

#14. It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?

Richard Donner

#15. It's most dangerous nowadays for a husband to pay any attention to his wife in public. It always makes people think that he beats her when they are alone. The world has grown so suspicious of anything that looks like a happy married life.

Oscar Wilde

#16. It is rightly said that we all are equal. The only thing that puts us in a hierarchy is our effort.

Varun Bhat

#17. Thinking is the problem. Thinking is hazardous to your progress in life. Don't think - feel.

Iyanla Vanzant

#18. Writers who want to interfere with adaptations of their work are basically undemocratic. The book still stands as an entity on its own.

Jim Crace

#19. My main point about films is that I don't like the adaptation process, and I particularly don't like the modern way of comic book-film adaptations, where, essentially, the central characters are just franchises that can be worked endlessly to no apparent point.

Alan Moore

#20. At the heart of every revival is the spirit of prayer.

Arthur Wallis

#21. Writing has certain advantages; film is another way to tell a story. An experienced filmmaker will take what she needs from the book and leave out other things. With adaptations, you never get the texture of the writing: it's a different mode.

Jhumpa Lahiri

#22. I'm a huge Kelly Clarkson fan. I think she's great.

Emily Robison

#23. The sad thing about reading the book and then watching the movie is that they have to die all over again.

Joyce Rachelle