There's something so muffled about the way you experience things. It's as if you were trying to slip through life unchanged.

I want people to like me. They don't have to always like my characters, you understand

I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me

You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious.

It's fascinating how all of us, everyday, rely - at some point, to some extent, for some reason - on faith in our life. Whether it's God or not, or "Please help me!"

I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.

Professionally, I have no age.