I'm Not Ashamed To Say

What’s Hard About Being On The Other Side Of The World Is That Sometimes The Problem Feels So Big That Changing One Life Doesn’t Feel Like Enough. But It Is.

Kids Not Only Understand [a Dark Story] But Appreciate It … Because In The Real World There's Fear, And Dark Things Happen No Matter How Young You Are. People Lose Parents, People Lose Friends … There's Darkness In The World. So I Think When Kids Are Talked To In That Way, They Appreciate It. They're Not Being Given Some Candy-coated, 'oh, This Is A World Where There Are No Stakes.' I Think That Actually Insults Their Intelligence.

How Much Time Have I Wasted On Diets And What I Look Like? People Are Saying 'we Love You And Love What You Do' And You're Sitting There Thinking 'i'm Not Skinny Enough Or Pretty Enough.' It's Taken A Lot Of Work To Get Over That.

It's So Reassuring To Have A Woman Heroine Who Triumphs With More Than Just What She Has On The Outside Who Has More To Offer The World Than Just A Pretty Picture.

Sometimes I Worry More About Losing Weight Than Gaining Weight, Because This Is How People Know And Accept Me.