Books to Movies

Dennis Lehane sums up author disappointment well.

Ending up with a movie that bears no resemblance to the book is often a writer's worst nightmare, though author Dennis Lehane, whose "Mystic River," "Gone Baby Gone" and "Shutter Island" have all made it to the big screen, scoffs at the notion.

"It's like the guy who comes out of the whorehouse complaining that he didn't feel loved," Lehane told DigitalJournal.com in May.

"We're not babes in the woods. We know the process. We take the money, they invest in an interpretation of our work, and we just shut up."

That's why I'm not on Facebook.