I don't take myself terribly seriously. It's why I can be incredibly honest about my life.
Mariel HemingwayIf you don't step across the threshold of what you already know into the world of challenges, you never truly measure yourself.
Mariel HemingwayWhat I wasn't prepared for were the feelings of anxiety that it stirred in me. I wasn't prepared for the initial feeling of I don't want to have to do that again. I was scared.
Mariel HemingwayCancer came back into my life twice in order for me to understand something, and I guess I still wasn't getting it. And my husband wasn't getting it, either.
Mariel HemingwayI really felt that I had to stay level, I had to control, I had to know what I was eating, I had to know what I was doing, I had to work out. All that stuff is very powerful and it really helps, but now I don't do it out of survival. At first, I was just trying to survive. I assumed at some point I'd be screwed otherwise.
Mariel Hemingway