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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.