The young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering that it is; and the older person seems so sure of it. I was interested in the way that many of us go through the whole of our lives staying with someone just out of complacency, because leaving isn't easy.

I started directing out of necessity, the first play I wrote in college because I didn't know anyone who could direct it.

I would love to make a 1830's period piece, a house in the country, a classic atmospheric haunted house movie, visually it would be so beautiful, the costumes, the candles, the darkness, and the quiet, no radio, to TV, the clock ticking away.

I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.

I love stories that frame that: This is what life is about - you don't have a clue.

We know so little of the why, what the universe is, what infinity is. The veil around us is very fragile.

The young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering that it is; and the older person seems so sure of it. I was interested in the way that many of us go through the whole of our lives staying with someone just out of complacency, because leaving isn't easy.