My mother said I was always an intense child, a very sensitive child. So that probably helped the emotions to be very present. I was just a big thinker. I would evaluate and analyze and feel and cry and discuss and be angry. All of those emotions were very surface for me.

The power of work, and the power of creativity can be your salvation.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

Ultimately, you're left with the people you love and who love you- everything else fades into oblivion.

People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we're all going to die, so how do you want to live?

One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time.

I think you put art out into the world, and sometimes it's divisive, sometimes it's embraced. Sometimes people cry, laugh or have complicated reactions.