Women still get angry at me. I mean, men go after me sometimes, but most of the bad responses come from women.

Men exist on the planet. We have to deal with them at some point.

Most of what I do is for creative people - writers and painters and photographers - trying to work through creative problems.

Once you leave, you're no longer of that country, but you are never actually of the country that you go to, and if you go back, you're not anywhere. You never belong to anything.

Just send the emails and talk to people. Spend all your money on nail polish and opera tickets.

Go to a place and just send out emails. That's my entire life. I go to countries and I ask, "Who would I know who lives here?" Not even do I know, but who exists and is on the planet.

A wild appreciation of men and women . . . who passionately and fearlessly and recklessly redefine romance. . . . The passionate creatures who refuse to play it safe and settle down now have an intelligent, like-minded advocate.