I never had aspirations to go into politics or medicine. I always wanted to be an artist of some sort. I wasn't so politically motivated. I felt that the world from an early age was disappointing. My father taught me about the bomb, and it was eye-opening. From then on, I thought grown-ups needed to do a better job. I still think that.

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.

Sometimes you're doing really well, then, after three or four years, everything inexplicably crashes like a house of cards and you have to rebuild it. It's not like you get to a point where you're all right for the rest of your life.

I love my little overgrown yard. And my house is wonderful. It's everything that I need.

I wasn't taking drugs or drinking. I was working and working and working. But I wasn't writing anything.

I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.