Writing about my illness put me into places. It was very triggering. I had to completely remove myself and practice self-care. I learned to be patient.

In short? It is exhausting being me. Pretending to be normal is draining and requires amazing amounts of energy and Xanax.

Because you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. And because there is joy in embracing - rather than running from - the utter absurdity of life.

[On acupuncture:] The needles are small and won't hurt at all. In fact, they'll feel good. Ha, ha! Just kidding. They feel like needles. Because they are.

Every time I get scared or feel like I'm not going to be good enough at something, I say that mantra to myself. "Pretend you're good at it."

When Hailey was born my first thought was that I needed a drink and that hospitals should have bars in them.

So many of us feel like we're misfits until we finally find our tribe - the other people who are are strange in the same way - and suddenly everything clicks.

It’s amazing how much you’re missing in a depressive state until you start to come out on the other side. It’s like breathing again after being underwater for far too long.

But really, what else are you going to talk about in line at the liquor store? Childhood trauma seems like the natural choice, since it’s the reason why most of us are in line there to begin with.

If you enjoyed high school, you were probably a psychopath or a cheerleader. Or possibly both.

High School Is Life’s Way of Giving You a Record Low to Judge the Rest of Your Life By)

You will only succeed in the field where your gift is

She liked books more than anything else, and was, in fact, always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself.

Failure isn't your enemy

Day will move on and live his life. So will I. We will be okay. Someday, perhaps in the far and distant future, we'll find each other again.

I think we need to go straight at the fossil fuel industry.

At the most subtle level, your inner intelligence is steadily progressing along the corridors of eternity.

Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.

I think a human animal is far more wild and unpredictable and dangerous and destructive than any other animal.

I totally bristle against words like "dysfunction" or "abuse."

Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad.