It's so difficult. Sometimes if I have dessert, I think, 'Well, I blew it.' That's something I need to work on and control. But still there's nothing like a buffet.

When you work and earn money as a child, you need to be confident, but it can make you a bit precocious, and I think I was a bit of a pain for a while when I was young.

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.

Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.

Sometimes I think I don't need a vacation because I do what I like to do. I am very fortunate!

I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff.