God knows, I haven't always been successful.

I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.

The greater your powers of self-delusion, the greater will be the apparent efficacy of this untruth.

If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.

My life is devoted to self-delusion - and I have a great capacity for that - but it's the thing that gives me the most pleasure, so I can't complain about it.

You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film - you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night's washing-up.