When You're 16, You Think 28 Is

I Don't Like The Word 'strong,' Because A Strong Character Is Never An Interesting Character. A Character Is Made Interesting By Their Vulnerabilities And Their Weaknesses.

I'm Under The Impression That This Notion Of Decency Is Disappearing From Our Society Where Conflicts Are Made Worse On Cinema And On Television, Where People Are Nasty And Cruel On The Internet And Where, In General, Everybody Seems To Be Very Angry.

I Think Of Myself As Being A Bit Of A Wimp Deep Down - A Bourgeois Wimp - And I'm Fighting That. I Think All Brits Are, Maybe.

I Feel The Written Word, Poetry And Literature Is Just One Of The Most Beautiful Things That Human Beings Do. So We Have To Fight For It.

There's A Scary Moment When You Realise You're No Longer The Youngest Person In The Room. Especially If You've Been A Successful Young Person. That's Followed, Of Course, By The Realisation That You're Actually The Oldest Person In The Room.