I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.

I always find it extremely hard to remember the act of beginning. I almost deliberately forget it.

The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.

The point is the 'me' that you see before you is not the 'me' in my private little space, shape-shifting into the writing role, nor is it the 'me' that works with the actors. Here, at the end of the film doing interviews, I feel like I'm in disguise.

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

To me the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process.

I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.