The strangest thing about strange things is that they're only strange when you hear about them or think about them later, but never when you're living them.

Winning the lottery is winning the lottery. It's highly unlikely and very unusual.

I hum some secret place into being, thinking of this other me, the one that only I can see, a girl called She, who is not We, a girl who I will never be.

I'm not alone in having obese people in my circle and in my family. I have loved morbidly obese people, and I don't approach obesity with revulsion or judgment but with empathy and compassion.

Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth.

If you don't like something about yourself, change it. If you're OK with it, you gotta own it. There's nothing in between.

When I grew up, all of our news, weather, and sports came from America. The people where I grew up rooted for American teams as opposed to Canadian teams.