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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The fact is some people really love my work, some people not so much, but at the end of the day, I don't want anybody coming out of the movie thinking about me.
You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book, it's not an audience, it's one to one.
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.
I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.
I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.
I'm always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.
Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way.
Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience.
When a movie is being made out of a book, there is a mixed reaction on the part of fans because they are both extremely excited and they are also terrified. 'They are going to take my story, and they are going to mess it up; they are going to ruin it; they're going to do this; they're going to do that.'
There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.