I know a lot about fear in itself, and lived with fear a lot. Lived with anxiety a lot, lived with the things that - most human beings, at some stage in their lives, are going to live with these feelings.

You can never really judge your work because once it's done, it's done.

There's always a time for change, and you should never be frightened of it.

Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that one hasn't come to terms with.

By trying to control everything we become very neurotic, more and more desperate. It's a huge tragic thing.

You can't fool an audience with lots of bits and pieces. You have to lead them somewhere.

A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin