Jane Goldman

I've always been drawn to spooky things, to the unusual, to things that are dark but in a friendly way.

I've yet to meet a bitter teenager. Bitterness, jealousy and jadedness, I think, are the most unattractive qualities in a person, and unfortunately they do seem to come with age.

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

I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

In the subprime mortgage industry, bankers handed out iffy loans like candy at a parade because such loans meant revenue and, hence, bonuses for executives in the here-and-now.