I've been putting out sexually explicit images of myself for years. I know this sounds bizarre, but somehow it makes me feel safer.

There's a lot of pain and suffering out there. I think there needs to be more joy, and love, and orgasms in the world. We are a pleasure-negati ve society. Suffering is much more acceptable. And I want to tell women that they are sexually powerful beings, but they often don't get in touch with it because they are socialized to please men.

I had many clients who didn't respect me, probably because of how they were raised. We're all the walking wounded.

I don't think being obsessed with sex is any stranger than being obsessed with stamp collecting.

My johns adored and worshipped me, therefore they empowered me. When I was 18, 19, and 20, I had a poor self-image and needed attention. It's hard for people who haven't been prostitutes to imagine, but I think it's often true. There can be a very symbiotic relationship happening.

My whole purpose is to bring what's hidden out in the open so people can look at it and discuss it. And sexually oriented material is very important to study in an academic setting. Controversy is part of the fun.

A lot of women I worked with didn't respect their clients. I had some clients who didn't respect me, but still you somehow made it work.