And that's one of the joys of writing by comparison with the business of movie making. Making a movie is a big deal. Whereas writing a book is just you, a piece of paper and a room. That's one of the pleasures of writing for me that you have the freedom to do it just the way you want. Movies are a shared creation.
Writing is a solitary business and it's a solitary experience for the reader.
It's a very different kind of dynamic. Clive Barker's still exploring though he's been at it for more than a decade. And he's not done yet. I want to direct a musical, I want to be involved in puppet movies, I want to be able to write some very serious erotica. The more you do, the more you feel you want to do.