I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

I think we all live in a world that is so fast-paced, it's threatening and absolutely saturated with change and novelty and insecurity. Therefore, the ritual of cooking and feeding my family and friends, whoever drops in, is what makes me feel that I'm in a universe that is contained.

I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.

I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out.

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

People who have fabulous childhoods have this sense that nothing is ever going to be that good again. With me, I have the sense that nothing is going to be that bad.

Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true.