Because trying to see all sides, such an instinct is particularly Jewish.

One of the terrible fallacies of contemporary psychotherapy is that if people would just say how they felt, a lot of problems could be solved.

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.

As soon as I was out in the street, I realized I didn't want to be alone after all, I realized I didn't want to be anything at all.

That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key.

if only my whole life could be words and music, if only everything else could slip away.

Ritalin abuse is a big issue in the US.