Occasionally I get messages from women saying that I've brought them some joy, and that's unbelievably thrilling.
There's a process you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.
I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical.
Occasionally people will look at me and do a double take and they'll look at me like they're trying to think where they know me from.
You take an educated gamble. If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you're not doing your job.
Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing.
Occasionally I write a small piece or the odd lecture in English, and I teach in English, but my fiction is always written in German.
I might occasionally forget how to open a car door and have too many shower curtains, but I've got some standards.
I would love to occasionally do English-speaking films, but the script is as important for me as the director.