The stories I'm interested in are challenging ones, and maybe that requires a little bit more of you. I love my job and I want to earn the right to do it every single day.

Poetry is something I love to do. Good poetry has an amazing ability to be communicative before it's even understood. I get emotional just from the beauty of words.

Also I just think I've been lucky enough to have great parents, and I've had good people around me who have always been honest with me, who would give me a purely metaphorical slap if I ever got too big for my boots.

If you're having a bad day, get on with your job, because you having a bad day can affect everyone around you.

I'm 5-foot-5, and I'll wear a big parka and put the hood up, and nobody gives me a second glance.

People who have car collections - I never understood that. I always thought that was unnecessary. It's not beautiful, it's not creative. It's just showing how much money you've got.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.