Jane Goldman

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 like looking at a book and asking myself, 'How do I replicate that experience I just had as a reader?'

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

I'm not too easily distracted now I've had practice, but I write with nothing to look at. I used to rent an office that just had a view of a wall!

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

I've always loved science fiction, fantasy, manga, comic books; so I guess, to some degree, those things influence my personal idea of what looks nice, which definitely isn't everyone else's.

All English people have a fascination with Jack the Ripper. I don't know why, because it's so dreadful, but such a strange, endearing part of our culture. Morbid fascination sums it up.

I always was passionate about science fiction and horror, and my parents enjoyed that as well.

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 love my work, but my home life is so fulfilling that I don't tend to be driven by work ambitions.

I don't tend to be a nitpicker when I'm watching movies, so as long as something is true to the spirit of the original, that's very much what we got for. You try to never do something that the original author wouldn't have done themselves.

Quite honestly, I'm so happy to be Jonathan's wife and my children's mum that anything else is a bonus.