A writer loses possession of her work as soon as it’s reaches its audience. Each reader brings his own experience and prejudice and imagination to the work. Television adaptation just goes one step further, and the novelist has to learn to let go. Ann Cleeves Read Quote
I especially don’t like the graphic violence against women and children often depicted in novels such as ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ and others. I’m not sure if it’s being done just to entertain or whether it really is necessary for the characters involved. Ann Cleeves Read Quote
I’m aware families sit around the telly to watch ‘Vera’, which is making entertainment out of murder. But I don’t enjoy reading about people’s pain. I tend to put myself in that position, and it’s not somewhere I want to be. Ann Cleeves Read Quote
