▁undefined . ▁In ▁a ▁voice - over ▁on ▁the ▁morning ▁after ▁the ▁R ams dale ▁High ▁School ▁dance , ▁Hum bert ▁conf ides ▁in ▁his ▁di ary , ▁" What ▁drives ▁me ▁ins ane ▁is ▁the ▁two fold ▁nature ▁of ▁this ▁n ym ph et , ▁of ▁every ▁n ym ph et ▁perhaps , ▁this ▁mixture ▁in ▁my ▁L ol ita ▁of ▁tender , ▁dream y ▁child ish ness ▁and ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁eer ie ▁vul gar ity . ▁I ▁know ▁it ▁is ▁mad ness ▁to ▁keep ▁this ▁journal , ▁but ▁it ▁gives ▁me ▁a ▁strange ▁thr ill ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁And ▁only ▁a ▁lov ing ▁wife ▁could ▁de ci pher ▁my ▁micro scop ic ▁script ." ▁ ▁Screen play ▁adaptation ▁ ▁The ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁screen play ▁is ▁cred ited ▁to ▁N ab ok ov , ▁although ▁very ▁little ▁of ▁what ▁he ▁provided ▁( l ater ▁published ▁in ▁a ▁short ened ▁version ) ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁itself . ▁N ab ok ov , ▁following ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁novel , ▁moved ▁out ▁to ▁Hollywood ▁and ▁p enn ed ▁a ▁script ▁for ▁a ▁film ▁adaptation ▁between ▁March ▁and ▁September ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁The ▁first ▁draft ▁was ▁extremely ▁long — over ▁ 4 0 0 ▁pages , ▁to ▁which ▁producer ▁Harris ▁remarked ▁" You ▁couldn ' t ▁make ▁it . ▁You ▁couldn ' t ▁lift ▁it ". ▁N ab ok ov ▁remained ▁pol ite ▁about ▁the ▁film ▁in ▁public ▁but ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁interview