What Is Really Important To Me Is

Christmas Lights May Be The Loneliest Thing For Me, Especially If You Mix Them Up With Reindeers And Sleighs. I Feel Alone. I Feel Isolated. I Feel I Do Not Belong.

Americans Are Not Used To Being Bombed In Their Beds, But If You Come From Anywhere Outside America, It's Not Highly Unusual.

If We Don't Tell Our Own Stories, No One Else Will.

I Often Begin Movies With Music In My Head; It's A Very Important Dimension To Me. Not Just The Music Itself, But How To Use Music In Film: When And How And Subtlety. I Don't Like To Be Too Sweet In My Stories, And I Like The Abrasive Clang, The Contrasting Of Sounds And Cultures.

I've Loved 'vanity Fair' Since I Was 16 Years Old. You Know, We're All Colonial Hangovers In India, Steeped In English Literature. It Is One Of These Novels That I Read Under The Covers At My Convent Boarding School In Simla.