I was always attracted and repelled by the idea of being a writer.

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.

Although my dad's a writer, we grew up in a telly-watching household. I never found him disparaging about television.

I think everybody carries a slight sense of being different, and I know that it comes very naturally to me.

There is no shame is being ambivalent about almost everything in your life.

I really do try not to emote. I don't like seeing it on documentaries - it seems a bit unprofessional. I also need to be human being and be a kind of sympathetic presence for the contributors I'm with, so there' a line you have to walk.