I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.

I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.

I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.

I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them.

I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.

After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.