From the time I was a kid, I'd never joined groups. I hated high school groups. I hung out with hippies, musical people. I hung out with whomever I found compelling and interesting and smart. And I continued to do that throughout my life.

Of course, everybody's family is dysfunctional - we've accepted that. What are we supposed to do? Hate our parents for the rest of our lives?

My family wasn't the Brady Bunch. They were the Broody Bunch.

It's usually a spiritual thing that's preventing somebody from having happiness.

The most important, overriding arc of my career has been that I would never be self-deprecating.

I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility.

I'm not saying I'm some high priestess. I do things, I'm sure, that are damaging, but it's certainly not on purpose.