Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

I do find it therapeutic, writing about stuff that was frightening and painful as a child, and managing to see it from an adult's point of view. To get it out of the closet onto paper, metaphorically speaking, is therapeutic.

Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.

Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters.

I'm interested in politics, what's going on in the world, how people behave and how your life is often in the hands of other people.

We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring

My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want.