One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

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.

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.

I think it's restrictive to typecast myself as a novelist because I enjoy other forms of expression. I love literature and I love cinema.

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.