Quote preview background for Paulo Coelho
Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, __o, I__ not interested._ I believe that each reader creates his own film inside his head, gives faces to the characters, constructs every scene, hears the voices, smells the smells. And that is why, whenever a reader goes to see a film based on a novel that he likes, he leaves feeling disappointed, saying: __he book is so much better than the film.
Paulo Coelho The Zahir
Turn into a Quote Card

Quote Detail

Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, __o, I__ not interested._ I believe that each reader creates his own film inside his head, gives faces to the characters, constructs every scene, hears the voices, smells the smells. And that is why, whenever a reader goes to see a film based on a novel that he likes, he leaves feeling disappointed, saying: __he book is so much better than the film.

Quick Answer

What this quote page tells you

This canonical quote page keeps the full saying, the attributed author, any linked work, and the topic tags together so the quote can be cited from one stable URL.

Related Quotes

More quote cards from the same area