Fame can be very disruptive. It can be like a drug. It gives you the feeling that you're happy, it gives you the feeling of self-importance, it gives you the feeling of fullfilment; but it can distract you from what is really important.

I hope my child will be a good Catholic like me.

We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up that's the real challenge. Isn't it?

I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building.

Some people are medicating themselves all the time so that they don't have to embrace themselves. If you can't feel, you can't embrace.

I'm constantly exploring spirituality, sexuality, different aspects of love, whether it's romantic love or the love you have for your children. And love can be as devastating and destructive as it can be rejuvenating and life-giving. I guess I try to capture all of that.

When you're writing something and you know it's good, you get flushed, you can feel the blood coursing through your veins, you feel alive, all your nerve endings stand up, something just clicks.