I need a favour.’I raise my eyebrows at him in disbelief. What makes him think I’m about to do him a favour? He’s a stranger. And he’s wearing handcuffs.

Trust me, ’ he says with a touch of impatience.‘Stop asking me to do that, ’ I say, equally as impatiently.

How perfect to be aboard a ship withmaybe a hundred years still in my pocket.But it's late, for all of us, and in truth the only ship there isis the ship we are all onburning the world as we go.

Shall I add a man to my collection?

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

I'm very blessed to have a phenomenal husband, son, and beautiful family and friends around me.

Horton, the kangaroo has sent Vlad!' Vlad? I know two Vlads. One is a cute little bunny that brings me cookies. The other is bad Vlad. Which Vlad?' Which one do you think?' Bad Vlad?' Good call.

There's a documentary film-maker called Werner Herzog, who's a German film-maker. I really dig his stuff, I'd love to chat with him.

The ideal situation for any state is to experience sharp economic growth while its rivals' economies grow slowly or hardly at all.

I don't like to fight.

Women have so many levels. There's the physical level, which is a lot of fun. There's this emotional level, which is extremely mercurial.

Even your own arms, deep inside your body feel foriegn to you, feel that they do not belong to you. Here lies an important secret. Butoh's radical essence is hidden here.