Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest.

Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

I dress according to how I feel.

Your value is in yourself; the other stuff will come and go.

I think it's a real gift to be faced with man's potential for extreme cruelty but also man's resilience and the fact that love really does conquer everything. It's the only answer to these kinds of atrocities and it's not a passive thing.

We don't get to pick the genes we want. There's room in this world for beauty to be diverse.

I was bullied by my siblings and cousins, so make-believe was a way in which I could be in charge. When I was like 10 and my sister was about five, I convinced her that she was going to jail because she used a bad word. The doorbell happened to ring, and I told her it was the police. I made her pack her bags. She was crying, and then I said to her, "I forgive you, and I'm gonna tell the cop to go away." Then, of course, she loved me. It was terrible - she still remembers it. I had a sordid sense of humor.