I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that.

Sleep your way to the top.

I just like doing things from my own head.

I never write with an actor in mind - never.

When your characters are really living they tell you what they do.

I find it kind of weird that directors want to put themselves in their films.

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?