It amazes me when I talk to people in their early 20s and they've never read the classics, things we read as children. When you don't have knowledge and understanding, then fear rises in you.

Life's too short to be bitter, I'm too short to be bitter.

I came to the realization that a strong female is frightening to everybody, because all societies are male-dominated, black societies, poor people, rich people, any racial group, they're all dominated by men. A strong female is going to threaten everybody across the board...

In some respects I will never die. Because art is immortal. What we leave behind and what we create - the energy that we put out into the world is eternal.

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.

You have to reinvent to stay fresh, to stay in the game

Losing my virginity was a career move.