There is a magic thing called 'tone' in a film, that the director must master and maintain.

Nobody is so weird others can't identify with them.

There is a magic thing called 'tone' in a film, that the director must master and maintain.

At best, I think of a director as a magnet. You get all the metal fillings in all the individual actors and crew, and get those filings moving toward your magnetic direction.

Deirdre Maddon has an extraordinary, almost celestial way of telling a story. There are so many great writers now - although I also want to go back and read all of Dickens again.

That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children.

Writing is still a bit of a miracle - the whole process: I see the world, filter the world, write down abstract squiggles on a page which somebody is then able to connect with. I'm still amazed by it and think I always will be.