Interestingly, I never thought Id do an adaptation. Ive also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is wrong. I never really felt that books fitted into film. Generally people are disappointed, arent they?

I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world.

I don't think estates are grim places.

I think the reality is important anyway.

I was never that comfortable in front of the camera, it always terrified me.

I personally love to see films not knowing very much about them. When you see it, it's like a flower opening up. I deliberately never read about films before I see them.

I've always loved America.