Film Vs Literature Quotes

It's a risk, but I'm sort of ready to let go of thinking of movies as books that you can watch. The notion of, 'If I put the narrative blocks in the right order, this will solve all of my storytelling problems.' No, it won't, and you end up with little more than books on film.

I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.

Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.

I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.

You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it's not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer.

Film can be more of a reality than a page with words can ever be.

A writer of books has to admit that film is the enemy, and that in my case I have been sleeping with the enemy.

There's a forgiveness that literary audiences will give you that film audiences don't give you. It's the two hour construct. You're in there and it needs to climax and finish.

A book is maybe about 350 pages, and the prose allows for readers to get a glimpse into the internal lives of the characters. A screenplay is 120 pages, and it's all dialogue and action. The pacing of films is different, the structure is often different, and the internal lives of the characters must come across through the acting. Movies are just a different experience than reading - so it just depends on what an individual prefers.