I'd Love To Adapt More Contemporary Novels.

As A Fairly Innocent Teenager, Growing Up In A Village In Wales, I Just Thought, "god, I Would Like To Go And Hang About Soho And Write Great Poetry And Try To Avoid Drinking Myself To Death."

My Wife Likes History And Documentaries, But I'm Not So Keen On Them. I Generally Go And Do Some Work If There's One Of Those On.

I'm Glad Nobody Has Asked Me To Adapt 'wuthering Heights' Because I Think I Would Make A Mess Of It. Everybody Makes A Mess Of It. I Think The Bronte Sisters Are Mad.

The Most Moving Scene For Me In 'pride And Prejudice' Is The Pemberley Music Room Scene: Elizabeth Has Just Saved Darcy's Sister From Embarrassment And Confusion, And As The Music Plays On, Darcy's Look Of Gratitude Becomes A Look Of Love, Which We See Reciprocated In Elizabeth's Eyes.

Taking The Humour Out Of Dickens, It's Not Dickens Any More.