Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.

The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make weird funny comments. I can see in myself her self-deprecating, hippie humour. I can't take myself too seriously.

If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone to lead them in a direction which they do not want to go.

I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.