And shouldn’t we let James M. Cain have the last word? When an interviewer asked the author of Mildred Pierce and Double Indemnity how he felt about what Hollywood had done to his books, Cain looked puzzled. “But Hollywood hasn’t done anything to my books,” he said. “They’re right over there on the shelf, exactly as I wrote them.
Some Came Running: From Lawrence Block: “No, But I Read The Book…” (via newdawnfades)
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