Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will. I just don't like you anymore. I'm sorry.

Live each day as if it’s your last’, that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn’t practical. The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Corona electric typewriter and work hard at … something. Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible.

Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted 'One Day' to stay on that line. I wanted it to be moving, but without being manipulative.

My wife, Alex rides him every day and has always said he's a good horse,

I would never complain about 'One Day' taking off, but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.

How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time.