What was your response when it was declared they would be remaking the collection into 4 films? I share Jonathan Franzen’s response to the joyless slog represented (for him) by William Gaddis’s JR but I don’t want the type of very good time that ends up feeling like a waste of time. I hated emotion like that. K: "It’s not like you." A: "Not like me? " K: "Being delighted does not in good shape you." A: "My joyful self is scary.