Julia Sweeney Quotes

If I look over my life, every single step of maturing for me, every single one, has had the exact same common denominator: accepting what was true over what I wished were true.

Our family was too strange and weird for even Santa Claus to come visit ... Santa, who was jolly - but, let's face it, he was also very judgmental.

Why isn't there a book about someone losing their faith and it being a beautiful experience?

sometimes it's in your limitations that you find your greatest strengths.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not ashamed of my body, I just don't see any reason to not cover it up as much as possible. ... I'm someone who considered becoming a nun, for the outfit.

Losing my faith was the most spiritual thing that ever happened to me.

Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen.

It was a fine cancer experience, as cancer experiences go.

I'm not a standup. I don't really have jokes. I don't have 10 minutes. It took a while for me to realize this.

I learned that being a mother takes a lot of energy.