A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit.

Quote by Graham Greene

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My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from...

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from...

The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.

The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.

Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness,...

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness,...

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it...

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it...

Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The...

Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The...

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning...

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning...

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not...

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not...

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer...

A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer...

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard...

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard...