I don't know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of their books, lots of Hemingway novels were turned into movies, it doesn't hurt the book.

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We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one...

We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one...

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's...

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's...

You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.

You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own...

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own...

I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too...

I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too...

All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too....

All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too....

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a...

It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a...

I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to...

I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to...

It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the...

It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the...

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it...

You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it...