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I had the conviction that lovemaking fools you. The overpowering emotions it induces make you think you're sharing the same feelings as the other person and that they're imagining the same as you.

I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times out of ten, we compare ourselves to people who are somehow better than us and end up feeling more inadequate.

I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.

It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities.

One mustn't close one's eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one.

You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.

My heart gets very tender when it comes to playing someone who has wronged someone else. I almost feel like it's easier for me to play having been wronged than it is to actually feel like you had an active part in hurting someone.

Some people love so hard that they can't control those emotions when they're at their deepest point.

Self-loathing doesn't keep me from being happy. But that doesn't mean I don't struggle.