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

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

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

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

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 think every single person perceives things differently. We are all singular.