I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are.
“The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries.”
“I won't say I didn't like it at the time, the sex, that is, because I wouldn't have let him do it at all if that had been the case.”