I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."]

The more obsessed one is with getting thin, the more certain it becomes that one will never get there.

You have an incredible body." He reaches out to touch my stomach. I feel no pleasure in his compliment or his touch, only impatience. This is the only feeling. I feel like the paper on which my mood chart is printed.

To me, these people were as exotic as animals in a zoo. I'd never seen anything like them. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to be one of them or simply live among them taking notes and photographs.

Reading takes solitude and it takes focus.

If you hate your life, you haven't' seen enough of it. If you hate your life, it's because your life is too small and doesn't' fit you.

And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.