My last refuge, my books: simple pleasures, like finding wild onions by the side of a road, or requited love.

Time wounds all heals.

Sometimes my family thinks I've made my childhood a bit more Dickensian than it was, and it probably wasn't all that bad. But I was uncomfortable as a kid.

I'm aware that a film is different than a play, and that a film isn't going to be the filmed record of the play. It's its own separate entity, and I've come to peace with that.

I like Shakespeare, but I never know what the hell is going on.

I don't know what it says about me that I have a greater affinity with the damaged. Probably nothing good.

I don't think I'd give advice. That never pays off. That's always a bad idea. If they follow your advice and it doesn't work out, or if they don't follow your advice, somehow you're on the hook for it.