Waiting is part of writing. When I write the word 'waiting' by hand it even looks like 'writing.'

I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films.

The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally.

Of course, like all film-makers I've been mesmerised by cinema since I was a child.

The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking!

I was one of five very clever kids, the other kids were cleverer than I was and still are and are very achieving. The girls were always first at everything and I was always 101st!

Betrayals during war are childlike compared with our betrayals during peace.