Cyndi Lauper was hilarious and generous, someone I'd loved from childhood who didn't disappoint.

You’re like Marilyn Monroe,’ Ken tells me, which I take as a compliment and say a nervous “Thank You”. Interrupting, he adds, ‘You’re all velvet and Velcro. Men want you because you’re sexy and broken and when it gets too rough they can say “Hey! This toy is broken!” and toss you aside without feeling bad.

At least you know where you are with blood. At least other people can see it.

I would say at the moment the only person who could have played me this past year would have to be Angelina Jolie.

Everyone asks about how I'll feel about the tattoos and scars in thirty years. I always say: "I'll like them." I've always loved damaged monuments, in architecture and in humans.

We intersect. He says he thanks every star that we existed on the same celestial plain. But here we are on earth, dirty, well used, a man-made throughway for intersecting dreams.

I enjoy films where two characters are coming of age, just different ages. That's why I love 'Paper Moon' so much.