No evil ever came from a woman’s womb that wasn’t placed there first by a man.’... Tantie Neptune, Lucifer's Key by Charles A. Cornell, due 2013

Someone once said: "We do not make friends, we recognize them." And you'll know who they are because they play according to the same rules that you do.

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.

Maya wrapped one leg around him, writhing against him as she threaded her fingers through his hair and held him to her, urging him on."Never stop touching me that way, " Maya rasped.

My dad is a great writer. Naturally talented, naturally charming. He embodies that back-in-the-day cool.

I for one like chaos. Chaos looks good on me.

I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings.

Life is a storeroom filled with boxes, some empty, some misplaced forever. We're what remains, what we've grabbed hold of.

I do a lot of vintage, of course, but I really feel so particular about clothing. I think it stems from acting, like if I'm not wearing the proper shoes for a character I feel totally off.

For one thing I tend not to see myself in various moulds that people fit me into.

The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves