I'm a homebody, as many writers are, and need to be by myself, and I like to be by the Atlantic Ocean.

You evolve in the ways in which you are precious. When you are the director, you are also continuing to write on the floor as you go along.

When I'm shooting, as much as writing, I see edited footage in my mind, so I work that way, and it's economical.

I'm a homebody, as many writers are, and need to be by myself, and I like to be by the Atlantic Ocean.

If I can give a young author any advice, whatsoever, never let anyone announce the film sale of your first novel. Film rights are sold to almost every novel, but it shouldn't be the lead story in your first engagement with the press. Then you end up getting reviews like "a novel made for the screen" and things like that.

In truth, the cinema as a delivery system obviously has its days numbered. And that's not a bad thing. When you can buy any book in the world on your iPad, or off Amazon, you don't go the public library. The public library becomes about homeless gentlemen sleeping in chairs.

The first time I ever thought about doing a film seriously, I was in London. I was about 17 years old. I was just standing in the street, a bit dazzled by an Antonioni bus wipe, which by the way are inherent in London, and I imagined a film set in London starting out with the riff from The Yardbird's "Heart Full of Soul", and now, how ever many years later, I've done it.