I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once an….

Eight years ago, I was drawn into Keats's world by Andrew Motion's biography. Soon I was reading back and forth between Keats's letters and his poems….

I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working..

I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it..

I fell in love again (laughs)..

I don't belong to any clubs, and I dislike club mentality of any kind, even feminism - although I do relate to the purpose and point of feminism. Mor….

I feel that directors at times are like the janitors on the set. I am the secretary, I am the organizer, I am the maid, and I ask if they have eaten ….

One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the 'fantasy woman' is. What we learn in movies directed by women is what real women are….

Because there is that sort of feeling that people don't know what to do with gaps in their lives. It's a scary notion, but actually, if you can stand….

Tragedy makes you grow up..

There is a different kind of vulnerability when a woman is directing.

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population and gave birth to the whole world. Without them the rest [of t….

If you read Keats's poems, they're often full of doubts and anxieties. They can be quite tough..

I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters..

For me, being a director is about watching, not about telling people what to do. Or maybe it's like being a mirror; if they didn't have me to look at….

There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy ….

It's been such a deep and amazing journey for me, getting close to John Keats, and also I love Shelley and Byron. I mean, the thing about the Romanti….

I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it's quite a hard thing to do. Of course, tele….

I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay the….

So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona..

The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper….