It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.
Moon Unit Zappa
Not many people know what their parents sound like having sex. It was noisy.
sound people
I spent most of my life locked in my bedroom, miserable about my raging acne.
life
I've got a new relationship and I'm trapped in this old life.
I made enough money to buy a house. That's crazy, but fame proved ephemeral.
fame money
I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me.
family
Your own experience keeps taking you towards something. My book adds the hope that it's a better something.
experience
I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.
rules age
My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated.
help
I have a tree man coming to trim the jacaranda in my front garden.
man
The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.
fun
How strange, when your father's wearing women's clothes and platform shoes, that a pair of loafers looks incredible.
women
I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.
funny
rules
We had two rules growing up in my house: If you're going to take a shower, do it with whomever you're dating so you don't waste water; and if you buy one for yourself, buy six, because everybody's going to want one.
rules dating
If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.
rights
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