Because there is that sort of feeling that people don't know what to do with gaps in their lives. It's a scary notion, but actually, if you can stand in space just for a little while, a new door will open, or you'll be able to see in the dark after a while. You'll adjust.

I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.

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.

If you read Keats's poems, they're often full of doubts and anxieties. They can be quite tough.

There is a different kind of vulnerability when a woman is directing

I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the tension's over.

I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it's quite a hard thing to do. Of course, television can be conservative too.