Every time someone opens up to me, it just feels like a gift they're giving me, because it's a chance to experience another human being.

I'm lucky that people feel comfortable sharing things with me.

There are certain relationships that just don't fit into "good" or "bad"; they transcend it.

Once I stopped drinking and I'd be going out on dates, or hanging out with guys, I'd realize, "Oh, maybe I don't like them that much!" I think the drinking was to make these guys more tolerable.

I definitely feel moved and affected after interviews, but not in a way that's anything other than positive. There are moments that make me want to cry, but not in any way I can't handle.

I know for me, when I would drink, I circumvented my own self-protection and my own judgment and my own discrimination - the healthy kind of judgment and discrimination.

Every time someone opens up to me, it just feels like a gift they're giving me, because it's a chance to experience another human being.