It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don't like me and I don't think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictional context.
A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.
Sometimes travelling really intensely for a long time is like having a continuous nervous breakdown.