Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
6350
AUTHOR:
Richard Schickel
QUOTATION:
A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration.
ATTRIBUTION:
“The Adaptation as Antique Show” Time 15 Oct 84
SUBJECTS:
Communications & the Arts: Films: Observers & Critics
