I digested this value system that told me there was no one for me unless I reached a certain type of perfection. And as you get older, you realize that ideal is constantly changing.
There's no shape or body type that makes you more happy or more lovable. It's the body you're comfortable in that makes you happier and more lovable. I look around and see how women and men of all types find the love and the life they want.
I'm pretty proud of my pie crust. I think I've finally learned how to manhandle it just enough.
I'm lucky to be alive. It's a blessing to tell my story, you know.
There's a brain chemistry - the floatiness and the disassociation and all the things that came with starving - I became addicted to.
Of all the mental illnesses, anorexia has the highest morbidity rate. It's serious.
I'll be honest: I had a real deep-seated fear that 'Buffy' was going to be my peak. It was such a beautiful experience. It was such a fully realized show.
There are certain shows or people that I would love to work with. One of the greatest things about our business is that if you get to fan out on people you might actually get to meet.
I've grown and changed, and I'm still making television and movies that I feel really proud of.
Ever since I worked on 'Buffy', it's always helped me to find a genre container for something, and I was like, 'Oh, this is where the movie melodrama has gone to. It's gone to YA.'
I know a lot about words. I get paid to write stories, so I get to talk with people about the meaning behind words all day.
I had been anorexic for about five years. And I was really sick. I probably weighed about 70 pounds.
You really can't quantify what 'Dietland' is.
I think my biggest problem as a creative person trying to work within a business for profit was that it was very important to me that people liked me. Over the years, observing other showrunners who made work that I so admired, I realized that that had to go. This couldn't be my first priority. My first priority had to be the work.
Eating disorders are A) not fun at parties, and B) they're not very fun in movies.
When people are like, ''UnREAL' is so dark,' I'm like, 'Hahahahahahahahahaha! Wait 'til you get to 'Sharp Objects.''
Can't write worrying what the Internet's going to think.
Keanu has such generosity and intelligence, not to mention a warmth that I'm eager to tap into. We're all incredibly excited that he's agreed to help us bring 'To the Bone' to life.
With everything I do, I strive for a balance of tone, where it's not just one thing.
I love characters who are really dedicated to a really bad plan.
