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Unfortunately, the author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels.

To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form.

Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories.

Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done.

I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates.

I often say flippantly that the short story is... shorter; you can be done with it more easily. It's much less of a commitment of time and energy than a big project like a novel or long nonfiction book.