That last drive, everyone knew we were going to be fine, ... We weren't even really thinking down and distance.

He makes his claim about me after I've written a column sharply critical of his May 2004 budget reply, so that tells us a lot about what he says and why he says it. Things won't change much between journalists and politicians; Latham was a freak, a one-off.

We didn't make the plays when we had to,

It's only a very small percentage of creative thinking that ends up connecting with a wider audience, and even then, any success is quite unpredictable.

I became interested in film making at around 16, when I discovered a friend of mine had a HI 8 camera which belonged to his father, which we were forbidden to use.

I dropped out of school at 17 and joined the Irish band The Frames, getting my first glimpse into the world of professional film making while shooting of a number of rock videos.