I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter, and able to give people a clean drink of water. I don't want images of starving babies at the breast in my mind. I want that to change. And if I want that, I had better do something about it.

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them. I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enables you to live, to do something. And sometimes, human beings need story and narrative more than they need nourishment and food.

I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enable you to live.

You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.

We all need somewhere where we feel safe

Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film.

Lindsay Doran goes round the table and introduces everyone - making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.