My decision not to eat animals anymore was paramount to my growth as a spiritual person. It made me aware of greed and made me more sensitive to cruelty. It made me feel like I was contributing to making the world better and that I was connected to everything around me. I felt like I was part of the whole by respecting every living thing rather than using it and destroying it by living unconsciously. Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.

I had to find a relationship with someone who could simultaneously make me grow up and keep me forever young.

You don't have to be emaciated or vomiting to be suffering. All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering.

I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me.

My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later.

Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone.

It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.