I Tend To Read Things That Are

What I Write Is Very Personal, But Not Autobiographical. It's More 'thematically Personal' - What's Up In My Life In Terms Of Themes At The Moment.

Film Allows Me To Ask Some Really Big Questions With The Time To Explore Them Deeply. I Love The Form.

A Movie Can And Should Have Some Real Dissonance Throughout - Rage, Heartache, Tears, Conflict, Catharsis And All The Other Elements Aristotle Demanded Of A Good Story - But The Chord Has To Be Resolved.

In Writing Scripts Now, Having Made A Film, I'm Much More Conscious Of What It Means To Shoot And Edit A Movie, And That Affects The Writing.

I Think A Lot Of Civil War Stuff Is Written - As They Say, History Is Written By The Victors. And One Of The Things That I Think Is Fascinating About This From A Purely Dramatic Perspective Is Whether Someone Is Right Or Wrong, You Understand Where They're Coming From In This.