The only folk I can judge are people like Woody Allen who I think is a genius, largely because I think he has beaten the system. He has his own company, and his films are all his own ideas. It's his direction, and so it comes out the way he imagined it.

I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway.

I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewer's attention.

I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan.

I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories.

The only folk I can judge are people like Woody Allen who I think is a genius, largely because I think he has beaten the system. He has his own company, and his films are all his own ideas. It's his direction, and so it comes out the way he imagined it.

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.