You sell yourself. The part that I sell is the creature. The adorable part.

I love rain. It's lucky, I always think.

I don't fear death, it must be like a long sleep.

I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.

I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.

My father, a surgeon and urologist, studied sex professionally all his life. Before he died at 82, he told me he hadn't come to any conclusions about it at all.

You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.