I fell in love again (laughs).

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.

Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist.

It's harder being a woman director because on the whole women don't have husbands or boyfriends who are willing to be wives

The Piano ended up on television. Everything ends up there anyway.

What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.

I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealand. I stayed in a warden's hut two-and-a-half hours off the Routeburn Track through the fjords on the South Island. It was early winter, so there was no electricity or running water.