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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.

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

No one forces me, or any other writer, to sell a film option on the books. If you don't want to run the risk that the filmmakers may adapt your work in a way you don't like, then you don't sell the option. You know when you sell it that they will have to make some changes, just because film and TV are different media than books.

When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again.

Books are a little better movies than just screenplays because there's more fat on the bone. There's more character development. There's more stuff to pick from.

I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film.

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

Realistically, the chance of any book becoming a film is slim.

I felt like I haven't had the typical experience of a novelist whose book becomes a movie.