I Have Always Believed That There Is

I Always Listen To Music, My Passion And Vice Is Music, I Will Be Denied Access To Heaven Because Of The Number Of Cds I Own, And I Have Gluttony For All Types And Colours Of Music.

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.

I Was One Of Five Very Clever Kids, The Other Kids Were Cleverer Than I Was And Still Are And Are Very Achieving. The Girls Were Always First At Everything And I Was Always 101st!

When I Became The Chair Of The British Film Institute, I Didn't Understand How Much Of My Time Would Be Taken Up With Trying To Make A Case For The British Film Institute: What It's For, Why It Exists, Why It Needs Its Money.

You Know, You Lose A Lot Of Social Skills If You’re A Writer. You Spend Too Long Alone. And It’s Forced Me To Address That.