Have a strong vision about the story you want to tell and how you want to tell it.

The world around us is in a sea change, and I think the glory of art is that it cannot only survive change, it can lead it

I am passionate. I am political about my country, about what it is, how strong it is, how strong it remains.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

I have a very low regard for cynics. I think it's the beginning of dying.

In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take a low road in to you, there is nothing you can do about it, and so you just live with it and move on.

[Making Ordinary People] was a wonderful experience. Tremendous. I haven't seen it since. It belongs to the public now; it no longer really belongs to me.