Henry James Sumner Maine

When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development.

Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.

The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.

If you look at my CV, just about everything I have done has come through a publicly funded institution; it is a career entirely built on that sort of support.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.