The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menag….

The BFI exists to celebrate all poets of world cinema, of the past and present..

I work fitfully, in hope rather than in expectation, invent methods which last a week, and fill notebooks with tiny, illegible writing which often de….

There's a great tradition at the BFI of giving fellowships and I thought one of the great jobs that I'd have at the BFI would be to give them out on ….

Waiting is part of writing. When I write the word 'waiting' by hand it even looks like 'writing.'.

I never feel more myself than when I’m writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day..

I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films..

I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write..

I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies..

I always listen to music, my passion and vice is music, I will be denied access to heaven because of the number of CDs I own, and I have gluttony for….

Betrayals during war are childlike compared with our betrayals during peace..