"Adaptation is interesting because it is always responding to the original novel and the way that we understand things now," she adds.
In Levinas, Hineni is always responding to the voice of God.
They're always responding to the market, and that's why they're always late.
"We're always on the back foot, we're always responding," she said.
Stories are not meant to be temporally frozen; they are always responding to contemporary realities, but in a timeless fashion.
"My e-mail is always full of messages from kids, and I'm always responding," Gatlin said.
The ephemeral nature of the meme means that its creators are always responding to the day's news.
"Not having a home means you are constantly on the back foot, you are always responding," says Pat Cumper, the new artistic director of Britain's major black-led theatre company Talawa.
Wild apes are always responding to their environment, he says.
Thus he never set the tone because he was always responding to the tone I set.
