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I'm always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.

The folks who read my books are so passionate about each one of them that the people making my movies are more afraid of my readership than they are of me.

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

There's a saying in the movie industry that if your movie is about what you actually think it's about, you're in big trouble. I think it's the same with books.

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.

Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.

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.

Audiences know exactly what's coming and they know from the beginning of the movie that everything's going to be OK and there will be high jinks that will get you from the beginning to the end, and eventually all the misunderstandings will be worked out and everyone will be in love.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

Don't ever let the other stuff get in the way of your inherent skills as a kick-butt storyteller. Move the reader, make them happy and sad and excited and scared. Make them stare into space after they've put the book down, thinking about the tale that's become a part of them.