Quotes About Adaptation

Anytime that you get a chance to go from Washington to L.A., I think it's really just getting used to the three-hour time difference.

Anytime something is a little new and a little fresh, it's going to be critiqued.

Who needs such a long intestine, anyway?

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

I no longer want to live in an apartment furnished with forklifts and backhoes.

It is alright to ape Western music, but we have to ask ourselves if that is what we need in our films.

In rock n' roll music, you almost have to apologize for being around more than four or five years. I don't know why.

My wife has changed my appearance a bit.

I'd rather Apple cannibalize Apple than somebody else cannibalize Apple.

All of the things we learned on 'Coraline' we applied to 'ParaNorman,' and all of the things we learned on 'ParaNorman' and 'Coraline' we applied to 'The Boxtrolls.'

I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it.

I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider.

I think people are particularly interested to see who the real me is, but... different stories call for different approaches and you change based on the experience you want that person to have.

I kind of tried my hand at sports and school, and I wasn't very apt at either one of those things.

I made French films and other films and a lot of Arabic films, but what I like is English for myself.

Mr. Koons's work has always inspired architects, which I think is very interesting. I think he is an artist who has reinvented himself so many times and reinvented so many different series.

As a student, I hadn't really been interested in architecture at all, but when I started teaching, it grew into me - rather than me growing into it.

It can happen in football that you argue with somebody in training but when you are not even talking on the pitch something has to change.

Yes, I have a philosophy, and you have to come with good arguments to change that philosophy, but, if someone has a better argument than me, then I will change.

My arm is so long, I kind of shoot over my head sometimes.

The PC is going to become one key product in an ever-expanding array of products.

It is not easy to arrive in a different country and adapt quickly, but I think I'm getting there, and I'm proud of that.

My father, when he arrived in this country found it difficult.

It wasn't easy for me to find my feet when I first arrived in Europe.