Of the 16 novels author Nicholas Sparks has written, seven of them have been adapted into films, including “A Walk to Remember,” “Message in a Bottle,” and “The Notebook.” The latest film based on one of Sparks’ best-sellers, “The Lucky One,” stars Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, and Blythe Danner, and tells the story of a U.S. Marine whose luck changes for the better after a picture of a beautiful woman he finds during combat saves his life.
I had a chance to sit down with Sparks in Dallas after a screening of the film, where he talked about the difficulty success brings to writing, the pull he has with filmmakers, and the ubiquity of “The Notebook.”
