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"Nicholas Sparks has said that there is no guarantee that his novels will be turned into films. The American author has written a string of highly successful romantic books which were adapted into popular movies, including Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, The Last Song, and recently The Lucky One starring Zac Efron.   Sparks revealed that he now pictures a movie adaptation in his mind when beginning a new book. &amp;quot;When I&amp;#039;m conceiving a novel in my mind I do have to think as a novel and as a possible film, so I have higher level of originality,&amp;quot; he told BBC Breakfast. &amp;quot;Once I have an idea then writing is just like any other novel because there&amp;#039;s no guarantee it will be made into a film.&amp;quot; Sparks also explained that he often has a say when it comes to the hiring of screenwriters for the movies of his novels. &amp;quot;I have a lot of input into the creative end of the films. I&amp;#039;m involved with the hiring of the screenwriter and then I&amp;#039;ll talk to them [during production],&amp;quot; he said. On his inspiration for his novels, he added: &amp;quot;People want to believe when you meet your significant other, then there&amp;#039;s some sort of fate involved. &amp;quot;I met my wife in a parking lot on spring break in Florida. Five seconds there and we&amp;#039;ve now been married for 23 years. What would have happened if I stopped at a red light on the way back?&amp;quot; The Lucky One stars Efron as Logan, a Marine who is a veteran of three tours of Iraq. After discovering a photograph of a woman (Taylor Schilling) in the rubble, he adopts it as his lucky charm and seeks out the young woman when he returns home. The Lucky One opens in UK cinemas on Wednesday, May 2. Watch Zac Efron discuss The Lucky One with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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