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I grew up in a dysfunctional family.

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.

I don't think I'm unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible.

Over the years, I've interviewed thousands of people, most of them women, and I would say that the root of every dysfunction I've ever encountered, every problem, has been some sense of a lacking of self-value or of self-worth.

I'm drawn to failure. I feel like I'm contending with it constantly in my own life.

Everybody has some dysfunction in their families.

One of the things my success as an author has forced me to face is how dysfunctional... Maybe that's a strong word, but how obsessive I am.

I've been through a lot of struggles.

You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.