(My proudest moment as a child was the time I beat my uncle Pierre at Scrabble with the seven-letter word FARTING.)

I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities.

If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important Rule of Beauty. “Who cares?”

So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?” If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.

A combustion engine of ambition and disappointment.

Quentin Tarantino is here, star of all my sexual nightmares.

Do your thing and don't care if they like it.