“I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed wh...” — Peter Weir Quote

“I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these complex mysteries.”

“Movies tie things up in an arbitrary length of time, but I have always liked things that aren't fully realised.”

“It was immediately apparent that it was full of tricky ingredients to balance. In fact, I found it very intriguing. What held me back from saying yes to the producer was that I wasn't sure who could play Truman.”

“Terms like 'good' and 'bad' are extremely simplistic in what is a far more complex situation.”

“Plot is a framework on which to drape other things. So once that's working, I can just let it go and do all the stuff that I love - 'Trojan horse' it. There are so many great YA heroines, and that's fantastic, but what about the emotionally complex boy out there? That's who I tend to write about.”

“A review of maths teaching is a great thing, but it's a complex issue, and often the damage is done in the very early years of education.”