I always tried, in the books I wrote, to make it clear: Thin is not the goal. But I was thin. So no matter what I said, the subliminal message was, "You have to look a certain way." And I'm not happy about playing into that.

Declare a truce and accept food as a life-giving friend.

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the Grapes of Wrath, his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.

Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.

The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.

If I can change, anybody can change.

My life is a stairway to heaven, not a 'decline into decrepitude.