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" Sometimes we don't want to be lectured; we prefer to be taken on a journey. "

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" There's nothing more frightening - and exciting - than getting lost in a forest. There is a journey towards the light, and you've got to go through the dark to get to the light. That's what the forest is all about. "

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Doing The Right Thing

" All comedy is funny because it tells us truths that we recognise through laughter, but that doesn't mean it can't be unnerving. Think of 'Fawlty Towers'; it can be very, very dark, but by God, it's funny. The two things are not in opposition. "

" The world in the '90s had seemed somewhat stable. There was talk of the end of history, a calm consensus around where we were all going. Consumer capitalism with some sort of social conscience. Then 9/11 happened, and that illusion was blown out of the water. "

" You can't cast Hittites as Trojans; I'd love to do it, but sadly, there are none available! "

" Most Robin Hood stories are not very exciting. There are not a lot of surprises. "

" 'Hamlet' is so modern; 'Coriolanus' is utterly alien to our consciousness, and that makes it difficult for us. "

" Write first, worry later. "

" 'Game of Thrones' is fundamentally based on a Machiavellian, almost Jacobean, idea of power and intrigue. "

" It's a very bleak play, but there is some final sense of redemption. 'Coriolanus' shows mercy, a Christian virtue in an otherwise un-Christian world. "

" We go into nature to transform. "