My remit has always been: I want to do something different from the last thing I've done.
My job in many ways has been to navigate interesting routes around subjects people think are dull.
I do try to do high-impact work, and I try to think of ideas people haven't thought about that have broad implications, but I don't restrict myself to that. I try to work on things that I find interesting.
I've made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuff.
I would love to be employed for the rest of my life... But what I would want to do is things that would frighten me, things that would scare me. I've never done that before; can I do that, can I show them that I can do it?
I think they assign things to students which are way over their heads, which destroy your love of reading, rather than leading you to it. I don't understand that. Gosh.
I had been typed in a particular kind of roles. It becomes boring and I feel great to have come out of sexy' tag.
Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
