It is easy to keep secrets by being honest in an ironic tone of voice.

Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it.

I found it very comforting to see that there is no such thing as a completely normal family. People find their way through whatever the differences may be.

I encounter a lot of prejudice and a lot of darkness. I have to negotiate constantly through situations that are uncomfortable or difficult or strange.

I hated being depressed, but it was also in depression that I learned my own acreage, the full extent of my soul.

I just look at my own life, which is full of error as all life is. I have done plenty of things that I am not proud of.

All parenting turns on a crucial question: to what extent parents should accept their children for who they are, and to what extent they should help them become their best selves.