I Am A Writer Who Was Able

My Grandmother Was A Huge Influence On Me And The Fact That There Was This Very Strong, Rather Formidable Presence Of Women In My Life Has Been An Enormous Value.

I Have Always Believed That There Is A Need For Life-affirming Films.

There's A Great Tradition At The Bfi Of Giving Fellowships And I Thought One Of The Great Jobs That I'd Have At The Bfi Would Be To Give Them Out On A Regular Basis.

[abbas Kiarostami] Is A Great Artist And A Poet. I Sometimes Think That If Samuel Beckett Made Films, He'd Make Them Like Kiarostami Makes Them.

The Imaginative Leap For Me Of Writing For Women Is No More Difficult Than The One Of Writing For Men. I've Always Wanted To Have Women Well Represented In The Work That I've Done Because I've Always Been Around Them And Around The Way They Look At The World.