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Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things.

Ironing is a great diversion from the reality you don't want to face.

I like extreme situations: people pushed out of their comfort zones; the civil veneer stripped off.

Ironing is comfort. It's control. I'm a nutty person who likes to make sure everything is in its place.

I know this sounds weird, but I was into storyboarding when I was younger. I loved coming up with my own style through fashion blogs and magazines. But I've never liked trying things on. I don't know why. It was more about making mood boards. I've loved fashion my whole life, but more the imagery of it than actually wearing it.

My boarding school experience was the only thing I had strong enough feelings to write about for hundreds and hundreds of pages. I can still smell the formaldehyde of the fetal pigs in biology.

I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

I find it soothing to take something wrinkled and make it smooth. It feels anticipatory. It's what I do before a celebration. And nobody bothers me when I'm ironing.