A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to me.
“There was no doubt that in the early and mid-eighties that many of us in broadsheet newspapers felt that we still had a responsibility to try to protect the Royal Family or if you like protect the Monarchy from the assaults of the media.”
“I've had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn't get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull.”