Quotes about Adaptation

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

Things ain't what they used to be and never were.

Indigenous people have discovered that Christianity is not inherently Western but universal - 'translatable' into any cultural idiom.

I ended up with my life slanted toward television, and I just accept that. I think you play the hand the way it's dealt, that's all.

I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from scratch.

Changing the way we have lived for twenty or forty or sixty years is nothing short of a revolution. 4.

Stage One: "You are wrong for changing and here are the reasons why." Stage Two: "Change back and we will accept you again." Stage Three: "If you don't change back, these are the consequences" (which are then listed).21

When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time.

I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every event, and made all the hospital visits. I think that is changing and I think that is healthy. Both for the pastor and the congregation.

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.

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.

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.