“The truth is, we don't have an easy language for emotional life. That's why we have writers.”

“The truth is, we don't have an easy language for emotional life. That's why we have writers.”

“If you continually diet, you are putting your body in a quasi-famine situation. It slows your metabolism down and breaks the thermostat. Diets don't work. They don't help you understand why you're eating more than your body wanted in the first place.”

“I think what's most interesting about me is the work that I do.”

“I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse.”

“The truth is, we don't have an easy language for emotional life. That's why we have writers.”

“Celebrity culture is something that pains me.”

“Dare to be as physically robust and varied as you always were.”