Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult.

The thrill of coming home has never changed.

I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can be confused.

I am geared towards communicating on a female level.

A consumer-finance agency is a good thing, but it would do well to teach consumers a simple lesson: if you don't understand the deal you're making, don't make it.

There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.

It's not about how skinny you are or how much money or how many diamonds you have - that's the fluff that people sometimes look at as being the main thing. It's about understanding that the things that make you fabulous are all inside of you.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.