“I really enjoyed writing the adaptation of 'Into The Woods.' I thought...” — James Lapine Quote

I really enjoyed writing the adaptation of 'Into The Woods.' I thought it was wonderful to not be the director, frankly. I really enjoyed that aspect of it.

The one thing you don't want to do is go off and keep rewriting. If something's not quite right, it's often about modulating what's already there.

As you get older, you realize happiness involves a lot of problems.

I was a youngish man entering fatherhood when we wrote 'Woods,' a patchwork of classic fairy tales with an original tale sewn in. I had dedicated my libretto to my baby daughter.

I've ended up working with Disney a lot, which is kind of peculiar. In theater, I've done a couple of projects with them and written a couple movies and whatnot.

I actually want to do a theatrical adaptation of 'Hateful Eight' because I actually like the idea of other actors having a chance to play my characters and see what happens from that.

Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations.

Those writers that have zero say in their movie adaptations have zero say because they sell it. If you don't sell it, and you do it yourself, and you wait until the screenplay is ready, you don't have to worry about that.

Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.