how did a novel come into existence out of nothing, from mere words? I couldn’t explain to her the familiar, everyday magic of creation. There was no way of expressing how and from where the letters arrived on the empty page. I thought the process of film-making might be easier for her to understand, so when she began to take an interest in what was happening in the studio or on location, what it actually meant to make a film, I hoped I might draw her into my world, or at least its periphery.
