Jane Goldman

“I've been really lucky not to have a duff experience with a director.”

“You need to be invested in what happens. The characters are your conduit to the story. Many modern horror films are fun but not frightening because one has not connected with the characters.”

“I'm personally fed up with people seeing women and girls cast as victims.”

“Vengeance is the act of turning anger in on yourself. On the surface it may be directed at someone else, but it is a surefire recipe for arresting emotional recovery.”

“Normally with film, it's normal for the screenwriter to never be seen again after finishing until the premiere.”

“Everybody should be free to love and marry who they want.”

“If you're writing a novel, you can afford to see where the spirit takes you, but in terms of structure and engineering with a screenplay, you have to be quite pragmatic; otherwise, it will run away from you.”

“Establish character - otherwise, it is difficult to connect with what is frightening.”

“I don't think anyone has ever been corrupted by a T-shirt.”

“The idea that you could make a living from writing always thrilled me.”

“I know what I miss as a cinemagoer is that balance of films that actually scare me; they're so few and far between.”

“I love the Empire Awards. It is really different and laid back.”

“I loved ghost stories. I love horror stories. I love all of that stuff, but I really yearn for something to actually frighten me. It's more of a yearning for that than something that has to necessarily be cerebral or sophisticated. Good storytelling and something that actually frightens you.”

“I enjoy the medium of film, and I think I understand it well, and I like working with directors, so yeah, I think I'll stick with this.”

“I see my role as a translator, telling the story that's in the book using the more visual language of film.”

“My idea of growing old gracefully is probably different to other people's!”

“We just really wanted Hit-Girl to be a character who, in a sense, simply happens to be an 11-year-old girl, in the same way that Ripley in 'Alien' could have been a guy, but the part happened to be played by Sigourney Weaver.”

“I like it when characters respond to things that are outrageous and movie-like in an authentic way.”

“I play 'World of Warcraft,' which means I end up hanging out with teenage boys a lot.”

“I was so clear on the fact that I wanted to be a journalist that I asked my parents if I could go to a tutorial college to do my O-levels early, which I did when I was 13.”