Normal" isn't an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular.

Every animal has its own intelligence and sensitivities. They're all lovely, worthwhile, and deserving of our respect.

I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.

I was trying to find a reason for having had to escape from the place that was my home. To convince myself of my choices, I had to make it a place that everyone should want to escape from.

Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.

I never, ever, restrict food, and I will never go on a diet ever again.

And dieting, I discovered, was another form of disordered eating, just as anorexia and bulimia similarly disrupt the natural order of eating. "Ordered" eating is the practice of eating when you are hungry and ceasing to eat when your brain sends the signal that your stomach is full. ... All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering. If you can accept your natural body weight and not force it to beneath your body's natural, healthy weight, then you can live your life free of dieting, of restriction, of feeling guilty every time you eat a slice of your kid's birthday cake.