I knew that the deepest of tragedies was simple: to love, and not to be loved in return.
I don't think it's good to constantly talk about your own weight and the fact that you look fat in jeans.
Never assume someone is smarter than you.
Life is an obstacle course. You succeed at one thing and then you move on to the next. When an obstacle is tough, you try harder. When an obstacle is insurmountable, you change course. But you never sit down and refuse to finish.
It doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks of your life. All that matters is what you think of it, and what you decide to make of it.
All I ever wanted to do was be able to pay my rent.
I always know that I am where I am supposed to be. I don't feel torn and I think that is really important.
I've really come to learn that bisexuality is a true, legitimate sexual orientation. It's not about crossing over from straight to gay, which is an idea that Alice has to argue a lot with her friends. They all want her to stay in their camp, but Alice is looking for love, and she literally doesn't care if it ends up being with a man or a woman. I think that's beautiful.
No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
Because I had children relatively late - in my 40s rather than in my 20s - it wasn't anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children. It was a revelation because it suddenly makes me realize "Oh, I get it. Now I know what to do with the rest of my life. "
Every time someone turns on a TV, I go in the other room and read.