Film Adaptations Quotes

• 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

  Book, Important, Done

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• Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, ‘No, I’m not interested.’ I believe that each reader creates his own film inside his head, gives faces to the characters, constructs every scene, hears the voices, smells the smells. And that is why, whenever a reader goes to see a film based on a novel that he likes, he leaves feeling disappointed, saying: ‘the book is so much better than the film.

  Paulo Coelho

  Believe, Book, Character

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• I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation.

  Satyajit Ray

  Two, Long, Stories

  Satyajit Ray, Bert Cardullo (2007). “Satyajit Ray: Interviews”, p.95, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Revolution for the Hell of It (1968).

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• Adaptation is a profound process. Means you figure out how to thrive in the world.

  John Laroche

  Mean, Profound, World

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• You are what you love. Not what loves you.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Love You, Adaptation, What You Love

  Charlie Kaufman (2001*). “Adaptation: Screenplay”

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• 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

  Book, Character, Way

  "Alan Moore: 'Why shouldn't you have a bit of fun while dealing with the deepest issues of the mind?'". Interview with Stuart Kelly, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2013.

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• God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.

  Robert McKee

  Writing, Character, Voice

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• There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Believe, Ideas, People

  Charlie Kaufman (2001*). “Adaptation: Screenplay”

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• Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of our lives.

  Terry Pratchett

  Good Morning, Beauty, Live Life

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• The first day of the rest of my life.

  Lee Child

  Good Morning, Beauty, Live Life

  Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 2, 6-Book Bundle: 61 Hours, Worth Dying For, The Affair, A Wanted Man, Never Go Back, Personal”, p.633, Delacorte Press

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• You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?

  Charlie Kaufman

  Lonely, Dna, Adaptation

  Charlie Kaufman (2001*). “Adaptation: Screenplay”

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• 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

  Book, Thinking, Different

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• Most writers are unhappy with film adaptations of their work, and rightly so. 'Field of Dreams,' however, caught the spirit and essence of 'Shoeless Joe' while making the necessary changes to make the work more visual.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Dream, Essence, Unhappy

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