Quotes about Adaptation
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.
— WP Kinsella
I am primarily a writer of books, and I enjoy that. But I come to realize that a lot of people prefer a visual medium.
— Lee Strobel
The voice I use is a very old hardware speech synthesizer made in 1986. I keep it because I have not heard a voice I like better and because I have identified with it.
— Stephen Hawking
In England, you pass from A to B, and it goes to B, but in Barcelona, you have to go to D and then to F, and it really works your brain.
— Toni Duggan
I want to win, I've still got the fire in the belly to win, it's just the old utensils are not working as good as they used to.
— Phil Taylor
Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?
— Joseph Campbell
The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to a new creative movement. Awe is what moves us forward.
— Joseph Campbell
I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way.
— AA Milne
You never can tell with bees.
— AA Milne
It's a very funny thought that, if Bears were Bees, They'd build their nests at the bottom of trees. And that being so (if the Bees were Bears), We shouldn't have to climb up all these stairs.
— AA Milne
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson