I'm Just A Foul-mouthed Brit.

For All The Cynicism That The World Contains, People Are A Little More Open To Those Things That Maybe Are To Do With Returning You To Some Kind Of Simpler, Happier State.

Two Billion People Watched The Royal Wedding. Clearly, They're Interested In That - The Outside Of What Appears To Be Lives That Have A Certain Amount Of Privilege. They Have Gifts, They Have History, They Have A Sort Of Unusual And Separate Position, Which Maybe Involves Paying A Price.

Frankenstein Feels Like An Ancient Tale, The Kind Of Traditional Story That Appears In Many Other Forms. It Appeals To Something Very Primal, But It's Also About Profound Things, The Very Nature Of Life And Death And Birth - About, Essentially, A Man Who Is Resisting The Most Irresistible Fact Of All, That We Will Be Shuffling Off This Mortal Coil.

It's Quite Hard For People To Just Accept That They're Very Contradictory.

It's No Accident That Cinderella Has Been In The Culture For Thousands Of Years, And In Cross Cultures. I've Traveled A Bit Recently, And In Russia, They Completely Believe They Own This Tale. And In Italy, They Feel It Absolutely Is Part Of Who They Are. There Is A Timeless Web To It.