We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet, and that's what's extraordinary- ordinary people and their struggle. There's nothing as interesting as real life out your window. You walk down the street for half an hour, I'll give you half an hour of drama.

I've never worked out what the moral of Humpty Dumpty is. I can only think of: Don't sit on a wall, if you're an egg.

People have let me down in the past. I've loved something, and it's become a disgrace. I'd rather start again.

Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.

You do your own thing and you see if you survive.

When you get back into the editing suite in the cold light of day, the written stuff is better.

I think that's the fundamental thing - you can go anywhere you like as long as you're following a character that the audience likes and understands.