Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

I think pictures and words have the power to make us rich or poor.

I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.

I've always been very tied to language.