Masturbation is the thinking man's television.

Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.

Masturbation is the thinking man's television.

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.

It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.