For instance, in group therapy, I'll have people stand up, show off, give a speech about themselves as though they've just died and have to give a eulogy. Even with this explicit permission - even an order - to say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They'd rather take their clothes off.

Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.

Spontaneous love admits errors, hesitations and human failings. It can be tested and repaired.

Sexuality is the great field of battle between biology and society.

The older I get...the more of my mother I see in myself.

In a baby's first months, the earliest patterns of intimacy or distrust are forever grooved into his soul.

Fantasy isn't something you run out of.