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Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

Books provide context and allow you to think about things over time. Film is like writing haiku; there is an immense amount of pleasure in paring down and paring down. But it isn't the same.

A book is one kind of an art form and a film is a different art form. I think as a writer you just have to say, well the book is one thing, and the film is a completely different one.

Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.

Everything I've wanted to turn into a film becomes something new and different when it becomes a movie... Each time I work with an author, I say to them, 'A book and a movie are different things.'

What makes a good book and what makes a good movie are totally different things.

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.

By the nature of cinema and how it literalizes what we envision, movies can have difficulty replicating that connection we make with a classic book.

I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.

There are so many books and movies I like; I never mention specific ones.