I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.

The truth is that seals look more like dogs. And I'm surrounded by seals because I live by the sea. They're odd bloody creatures. Not fish, they don't have gills, they should have legs, but they don't. They're the weirdest things, you know?

Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American film because I think people are deeply confused about their emotions, and they don't regret certain aspects of their own foreign policy.

I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.

The great thing about fairy tales and myths is that they go beyond character. They're not about character. They're about more basic things. They're about basic fears or longings or desires or fantasies, and stuff like that.

And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before.