Never make a promise - you may have to keep it.

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The most difficult thing is the organization of people and the expression of your intentions....

The most difficult thing is the organization of people and the expression of your intentions....

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was...

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was...

I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.

I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.

In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a...

In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a...

The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an...

The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an...

I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered...

I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered...

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already...

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already...

For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and...

For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and...

It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary...

It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary...

It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be...

It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be...

Why should a horror film be just a horror film? To me, The Company of...

Why should a horror film be just a horror film? To me, The Company of...

Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales.

Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales.

It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very...

It's the opposite journey from what I've usually done with films. I find it very...

And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what...

And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what...

My conception of it was that in a normal film you have a story with...

My conception of it was that in a normal film you have a story with...

I do enjoy working with writers.

I do enjoy working with writers.

Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American...

Well, if you're talking about the current climate, there's a lack of content in American...

The Company of Wolves is about how society teaches young women to look at themselves,...

The Company of Wolves is about how society teaches young women to look at themselves,...

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.

Well, I suppose I'm interested in ways of storytelling and in stories that are about...

Well, I suppose I'm interested in ways of storytelling and in stories that are about...