"The Prince Of Tides" is a lot about my mother - what my mother would do after Dad would hit one of the kids or hit two of the kids, hit all the kids, hit her, she would usually get in the car. We'd drive out. She would say, I'm going to divorce him. I'm never going back.

And once you say this is true, you start naming the beast that hurts you - so I started doing this. Other truths come out.

When I hear a politician speak biographically, I never know what's part of the campaign biography narrative that's been carefully crafted.

I really believe people should be paid for the work that they do.

Sometimes when I'm on the internet, I'll get this, like, which of these ad experiences would you prefer? And I'll have a choice of, like, a car, a pharmaceutical item or, you know, clothing. And I'm thinking, like, I don't want any of these. Do I have to choose?

I've always been really curious about things and slightly confused by the world, and I think someone who feels that way is in a good position to be the one asking questions.

Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human.