I would say the biggest risk I always take is going in front of a live audience. There's nothing more risky to do. You have to really leave yourself open to your own authenticity, and you find that out pretty quick.

I realized that if what we call human nature can be changed, then absolutely anything is possible. From that moment my life changed.

Of course, we're all a mass of contradictions.

I don't have an assistant. I make a lot of people around me my slaves, but no assistant.

I have a lot of friends who come and stay, and we talk about the world.

If you're comfortable with yourself-which everyone can get to, to some extent-that's when you start getting into who is your real self.

I'm an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I woke up--sociologically, politically, and creatively--I could no longer take those parts and look in the mirror.