Quotes About Adaptation

If at first you don't succeed, sure, try again... but if you keep not succeeding, you should probably concentrate on something (or someone) else worthwhile & quit wasting your time.

Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.

Maybe all theatre is going to be irrelevant for all time.

Living in America has made me more practical. And, at the same time, exactly the opposite, because I'm very open to different ways of being and seeing that are completely not practical.

I most resemble Benjamin Button. I evolve. I attach myself to the heartbeat of whatever is going on at that particular time, or I just chart a new path.

I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.

The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.

Managers can waste a lot of time at the outset of a crisis denying that something went wrong. Skip that step.

To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me appreciate even this.

That's what ever great writer, I believe, has done over the course of time - is they've figured out new ways of telling the same stories.

I think that intelligent people to a great extent are captives of their time or place.

Whats fun about being an actress is you change all the time.

Over time, the games we play can change how we think and what we're capable of. And it's easy to maximize the benefits so the changes are positive.

The 21st century is a really terrible time to be a control freak.

My wife hates the beard. When we dated, I would grow it out during duck season. She said she could handle anything for three months - but now I have it all the time.

The first time I watched [Keith] Olbermann, his opening monologue, I completely changed the way I approached my radio show.

Now at my age I understand how sad it must have been for some directors or actors at the time the talkies began. Because, really, a whole continent disappeared.

I learned a long time ago that the show you're going to see isn't the one you have in your head. As soon as you understand that, you're going to enjoy it a lot more.

A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative side effects.

Every time I make a film, I try to do it slightly different. If you're not 100% engaged and interested, then it's not gonna translate into a successful film.

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a novel.

I think it is important to grow. Your fans are growing up with you whether you like it or not. You have to keep it fresh and exciting for them. You have to bring something new to the table each time.

... when I hear people say that penmanship is dead, my response: it's about time.

I've been around the world and I've had bras made in different places, and each time I'm experiencing the same troubles: the painful shoulders, the underwire cutting into my flesh.