Nothing was a more powerful compass of my mood or a better indication of my self-worth than the number on the scale.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

I hadn't been able to trust since the age of four. I was torn between wanting to be cradled and telling the world to go fuck itself, and those were opposite sides of the same coin.

But I also believe there is enormous value in the piece of writing that goes no further than the one person for whom it was intended, that no combination of written words is more eloquent than those exchanged in letters between lovers or friends, or along the pale blue lines of private diaries, where people take communion with themselves.

But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.