Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing.

If you don't want women to do whatever they need to do then you must provide them with food, you must provide them with shelter and their basic human rights.

The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society, differently and you have to respond to it differently.

There's no scenario in which I wouldn't want my entire family at a wedding.

I have never wanted a family. I don't believe in marriage, though I obviously believe it should be legal for everyone who wants to do it. But it is not something I believe in, nor do the characters in my book, nor do any of my friends.

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.

People with children will know this: when the childcare is over, it's over on the dot. You immediately have to go into child mode; there's no down time.