“One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don't permit you to do that.”

“I never want to make a film. I don't wake up in the morning going, 'Ooh, I'd really love to be on set making a film today'. I'm aware that other contemporary film directors perceive film-making as what they do, as what they have to do. But I would hope that I am more catholic in my tastes.”