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“Do not simplify. Do not worry about failure. Failure is a badge of honour. It means you risked failure.”

—Charlie Kaufman

“You are what you love, not what loves you.”

—Charlie Kaufman

When watching a bad film adaptation of a book I like

  • Me: Hm, the opening credits aren't bad!
  • Me: Wait, when did that happen?
  • Me: I'm not sure I like that actor. I imagined someone taller...
  • Me: This is kind of... boring.
  • Me: How are people supposed to know how important that part is if you just pass over it so quickly?!
  • Me: How did the author agree to this?
  • Me: Did this part even happen?
  • Me: Ah crap, they didn't include my favorite scene!
  • Me: I can't watch!
  • Me: Well, that was disappointing.
  • Me: There's no way in hell I'm watching the seq--
  • Me: Wait, it comes out next Spring?
  • Me: Let's see how badly you guys mess this one up.

“We're under no contractual restrictions with regards to the storytelling. It's just that we pursued these books—and pushed for the show's green-light—for almost four years before we got to shoot the pilot. We gave up other opportunities because we love these books and want to do them justice. So for us, it's about adapting the books according to our notions of justice—which won't mesh with the fundamentalist book fans' notions. Which is fine with us because if the fundamentalists were running the show, there wouldn't be a show.”

—Benioff & Weiss in a new Mother Jones article
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