I Am A Writer Who Was Able

As A Teenager I Was Obsessed With Music And With Writing And Performing Songs.

I Am A Teller Of Stories. A Weaver Of Dreams. I Can Dance, Sing, And In The Right Weather I Can Stand On My Head. I Know 7 Words Of Latin, I Have A Little Magic... And A Trick Or Two. I Know The Proper Way To Meet A Dragon, I Can Fight Dirty But Not Fair. I Once Swallowed Thirty Oysters In A Minute. I Am Not Domestic, I Am A Luxury And, In That Sense, Necessary.

I Had Never Thought Of Myself As A Director And Found Out That I Was Not. I Am A Writer Who Was Able To Direct The Films That I Write.

The Only Lesson To Extract From Any Civil War Is That It's Pointless And Futile And Ugly, And That There Is Nothing Glamorous Or Heroic About It. There Are Heroes, But The Causes Are Never Heroic.

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