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I really believe that the movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer - a movie is basically an abridgment of a book - and because books are internal. But they are incredibly powerful. The visual format is, you know, amazing.

I'm one of those who can't read the books after they've seen the movie.

Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way.

Often in the past, there have been authors that were deeply disappointed in their adaptation, but that's because they haven't accepted the fact that a movie is a different thing, and it can't possibly be the same as the book.

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.

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

I don't know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent I'm hoping that with the next book, when people pick it up and read it, it will scare the pants off of them.

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 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.