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 acting in the sense that you're imagining and inhabiting another. In the book I was trying to get at the root of what true acting is.

I saw Dolce Vita and my mind was blown by it, by the synthesis. I realised I wanted to be a filmmaker and started making films. I was writing screenplays and couldn't get money because my work was so uncommercial.

I was interested in the mystical element of humor - was humor part of creation? Is God laughing at us, or with us?

I would have started writing a lot earlier if I hadn't been [Arthur Miller's daughter].

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

One of the things that's good for me is that I can go from one art form to another. Because I think if I had to write another novel now I would really not be good in my head anymore. It's too much. The frustration is so intense of knowing that this structure is right around the corner. Writing is a particular kind of frustration.