In terms of being vulgar, I don't think you need to be violent unless it's slapstick, violence to yourself. That can be funny - we've all tripped and fallen on our faces.

I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell?

At times it was difficult, funny, cathartic and also very easy to make because, you know, I just know the subject matter really well.

I think that throughout the show that there are many things that could be picked up on in terms of fashion and in terms of style. Whether it be the drawings from the 1950s or the dresses from

I laugh when I see people in pain. Sometimes I think it is a defense mechanism from childhood, where you're in so much pain you have to laugh. It is a survival mechanism.

Birth is violent, and out of that violence is our only chance of rebirth.