I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably.

I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time.

There are certain moments where artwork might seem like it's part of someone's career - if you really know the art world - , but I did my best to prevent that overlap.

Both my parents were big readers. My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her mother, my grandma.

There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.

It's just as political, what you do in the bedroom is just as political as what you do in public.