The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.

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

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

It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.

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 love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film. You're watching something unfold before you. I prefer the idea of wonder or intense wonder over shock or something.

I, myself, don't like to see a film on Friday night and then forget it by the next day.