My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realize I was going to get educated.

I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.

If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.

Your own experience keeps taking you towards something. My book adds the hope that it's a better something.

Everyone has flaws. It's a matter of finding the ones you can live with.

I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself.

My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.