I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.

We're animals. We're violent. We're criminal. We're not so far away from the gorillas and the apes, those beautiful creatures.

All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw.

I would infinitely prefer a daughter.

If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up.

In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.

Oh, please don't go — we'll eat you up — we love you so!