I love fairy tales and feel very affected by them.

Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" was extremely important to me.

In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients.

This kind of knowing you can never tell to anyone. If you want us to survive, you cannot trust a soul'... 'Not for any reason on this earth. You can never tell.