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I'm very troubled when editors oblige their film critics to read the novel before they see the film. Reading the book right before you see the film will almost certainly ruin the film for you.

When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film.

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book.

I feel like the books were just written like a movie. You read it and you can just kind of see everything. Before I went in to read with the director, I read the first book and I loved it. I didn't realize how good the writing was. And then I went in and read with Gary Ross, and that was it.

I've never watched any of the adaptations of my books. I've never wanted to, and there's absolutely no chance of me doing so in the future.

The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.

I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.

I mean, there are things in the book you could never do in a movie.

I can never read this book, just like I can never see a movie that I wrote a screenplay for. I can read it and see it physically, but I can't accurately judge it. I'm too close to it. If I read it ten times I'll have ten different reactions.