That`s the hard thing about adapting a book that`s so well loved. It`s like playing Hamlet. The audience doesn`t buy it, because they`re Hamlet. How could you possibly be Hamlet when Hamlet is them? It`s one of those difficult things where a good writer g...
Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They`re generally smarter and more interesting, but they`re often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out.