For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have...

I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.

...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing.

I tend to be so lost in the work that I don't notice the weather. My partner will come home and say, 'Beautiful day, wasn't it?' and I'll say, 'Was it?' as I won't have noticed the real world at all.

...sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words.

I thought one way to try to hold on to the power was to write the script myself. That way, I could say to filmmakers, "I'm not asking you to hire me unseen. I'm just saying, 'Here's my script. Can we work together?'" So that worked out well.

I really like to keep my palette small but to be very intense, very myopic.