You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well I took masses of opiates religiously.

I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience.

So when I was 24, someone suggested to me that I was bipolar, and I thought that was ridiculous. I just thought he was trying to get out of treating me. But he was also responding to the chaotic nature of my life.

I do believe you're only as sick as your secrets.

I guess I do carry a bit of male energy. It's like what I always say - two yangs don't make a right.

I'm really grateful that I could write. But I don't even mind it going on around me.

All my life I've been seeing things through the culture. My father, for instance, was the press's bad boy. People really hated him. He was always a big flirt. He was always in trouble - going bankrupt, whatever.