“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.” WellsImportantBookDoneFilmSpiritReaderOriginalsImportant ThingsAdoreAdaptationLenientFilm Adaptations Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment.” RaceEnvironmentNeededOriginalsAdaptation Author:Walter Lang
“The landscape of cinema is not original. Not to say there aren't great movies being made, but it's much easier for studios to make movies that have built-in audiences. So it's all remakes, adaptations, a lot of remakes of adaptations.” MadeAudienceEasierBuiltOriginalsStudiosLandscapeCinemaAdaptationRemakes Author:Charlie Hunnam
“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 cases, they often wind up with filmed books on tape, quite uncinematic. Having said that, I'd say all the adaptations I've done are quite faithful to the original... You have to pick and choose which storylines and plot threads, because you don't have the time to kill in the film as they have in novels. All those pages with detours and plots and different storylines. But films add a lot, and you gotta keep it moving.” SaidBookDifferentDoneFilmMovingCasesNovelFansWindPagesPicksPressureOriginalsAddFaithfulPlotTapeImmenseThreadAdaptationDisappointDetoursStorylineTime To KillKeep It Moving Author:Alexander Payne
“If you write an original, its like you went in and dug a well, and you hit oil. But an adaptation, its like the oil wells on fire, and they bring you in to put the fire out and get it working again - or something like that.” IfsWritingWellsFireLike YouOriginalsOilAdaptation Author:Brian Helgeland
“An adaptation leads the cinema-goer to the original to find out what they're missing and if they already know the book, it can still illuminate a theme, a character, an idea.” IfsKnowsStillsBookIdeasCharacterMissingOriginalsCinemaThemeAdaptation Author:David Nicholls
“I'm very keen. Adaptations of other people's work, too. I got fascinated by the adaptation process, so I think that'd be a really interesting task. I would happily write original screenplays as well. I think it's become one of my favorite genres.” PeopleThinkingWritingWellsProcessInterestingTasksOriginalsMy FavoriteGenreFascinatedAdaptationReally InterestingScreenplays Author:Emma Donoghue
“When I decided to make my version of Poe's stories, I wanted to respect the original material or to at least get closer to what his stories are really about. Most other adaptations I've seen sort of follow the story but they never satisfy me as an audience member or as a reader.” StoriesWantedAudienceMaterialsReaderMembersDecidedOriginalsVersionsAdaptation Author:Raul Garcia
“In terms of screenwriting adaptations it's trying to cut out stuff that's extraneous, without doing damage to the original piece, because you owe a debt of some respect to the original author. That's why it was bought.” TryingStuffTermPiecesCuttingOriginalsDebtDamageAdaptationScreenwriting Author:Rod Serling
“I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some of the greatest classics of theater have elements of SF, but in theater, as in publishing, sometimes people make arbitrary distinctions.” PeopleThinkingSometimesFictionElementsTheaterOriginalsScience FictionDistinctionPublishingAdaptationArbitraryVenues Author:Edward Einhorn
“Curiously enough, the only two plays that I've done very much revision on were the two adaptations - even though the shape of them was pretty much determined by the original work. With my own plays, the only changes, aside from taking a speech out here, putting one in there (if I thought I dwelled on a point a little too long or didn't make it explicit enough), are very minor; but even though they're very minor - having to do with the inability of actors or the unwillingness of the director to go along with me - I've always regretted them.” IfsLittlesLongTwoDoneEnoughPlayActorsMy OwnShapesDirectorsSpeechOriginalsDeterminedMinorsInabilityAdaptationExplicitRevision Book:Conversations with Edward Albee Source: Conversations with Edward Albee
“I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I was on staff at a couple of shows. I did some feature films, including originals and adaptations.” YearsDoneShowsFilmTelevisionCoupleHollywoodOriginalsIncludingFeaturesStaff80sAdaptation Author:George R. R. Martin
“I increasingly fear that nothing good can come of almost any adaptation, and obviously that's sweeping. There are a couple of adaptations that are perhaps as good or better than the original work. But the vast majority of them are pointless.” CoupleOriginalsMajorityAdaptationPointlessSweeping Author:Alan Moore
“Unless man can make new and original adaptations to his environment as rapidly as his science can change the environment, our culture will perish.” MenScienceCultureChangeEnvironmentOriginalsEnvironmentalAdaptation Book:On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy Source: On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy
“Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.” IdeasProblemUsedNovelOriginalsAdaptation Author:Thomas A. Edison