I don't really listen to the media or anyone's perception of beauty, so it makes me almost immune to silly comments about my body.

When I was in drama school, I really got into a dark place. I went to a therapist - it was really helpful to have that dialogue with someone. So I understand anxiety.

During the season, I dodge the media, kind of. It's not that I'm trying to avoid them, but I know if they get a hold of me, there's going to be, like, 10 people around me, and I'm going to have to...

We spend so many hours a day - even if we're not physically in the office - working, thinking about work, and planning and setting up and organizing with work, even with our families.

I want to live a normal life that I never had the opportunity to do for many years.

My brain is always whizzing around with worries: could I have done an interview better? Have I prepared enough for the next one? If it's really bad, I'll listen to an audiobook or use the Headspace...

In the back of your mind there's always these contractual things you have to deal with. You try to put that aside when it comes to training and playing.

Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.

I'm in control of my social media, I can shut it off when I want to and when it gets to in my head, and I can interact with the fans when I want to, too.

I am very grateful to have beaten my cancer, but it has been tough adjusting to my new normal.

The student-loan crisis has an underappreciated emotional valence too: The debt makes people miserable. In one survey, more than half of borrowers said that they have experienced depression because of...

Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive.

The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to.

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.

I'm not as careful as I appear, which is why I choose not to do social media. It's really because I don't trust myself. I'm also very easily influenced by my feelings and will impulsively act on my...

There's a deeper level of healing that needs to happen for the world in general. There's a mass of people who are broken.

Sometimes it's better to not read too much, to not listen to everybody.

The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because I was emotionally and physically drained.

I don't even like to be naked in front of myself!

Women have been programmed to criticise their own bodies because we should have the shape that society, and in particular men, want.

'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt...

I had all kinds of food issues, including health concerns and weight concerns.

I found that if I don't paint for around a week, I get practically suicidal. It took a long time to figure out why I had these mood swings, and I finally figured out it's because I haven't painted.

I concentrate more on inner beauty because when I worry too much or think negatively, it shows through my skin.

I have a suicide impulse.

The interesting thing for me is, if I met Michael Peterson in person, I'd want him to let himself off the hook just a little bit.

In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.

When I write, I can shake off all my cares.

I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.