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To be very honest, I cannot drape a saree myself. I have never draped one on my own, ever. But it has been done on me so many times, that now I have memorised all the steps, and if someone challenges me, I will surely be able to do it.

I just tend to do things to myself that I don't realize I'm doing. Sometimes I bite my lip so that it splits and hurts, and yet I can't stop. And sometimes I'd play shows on the last run, I'd scratch my neck while I was singing, and I'd horrified to see these red streaks of blood after.

I used to try to write around the edges, but now I try to walk a more direct line.

So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything?

As a writer, I always peel back the layers, go to the most sensitive places uncomfortably close to the heart.

Never cut what you can untie.

Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.

I felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable.

Since I was a child I have always been cutting things out and gluing them together rather than drawing them.

I pluck with my fingernails. If I break a nail, I can't cancel a concert. So I can make a nail out of a ping-pong ball.