Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes

I have a figure, and there aren't many girls out there right now who have that.

We all know what we don't like about our bodies.

I think every girl always has doubts about her body.

Some people who think they are in unhappy marriages are just in unhappy bodies.

Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.

Just because people are calling you skinny doesn't mean I'm like, 'Yay!' No! You're telling me I don't look right. This is me, this is my body - I have accepted it.

Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.

I have had a love-hate relationship with my body.

I think it's good that people value their bodies and take care of them. I think if you cross the line and begin using your body as an asset or as an extension of your vanity, you've gone too far.

The waist is a terrible thing to mind.

Every time I undress in the locker room of my gym, I see women bearing the scars of liposuction, tummy tucks, breast implants.

At all times, there's discussion about the percentage of body fat I have, how I look on the ice and about how much skin a certain costume is showing.

I've not got a celebrity body.

I'm just very body-conscious. Sometimes I'm really proud that I don't look like other pop stars. But there's also moments where I'm like, 'Ugh, I wish I had abs like Bieber.'

Everyone always told me I had a J-Lo bum. Since I was 15 it's always been like that.

At the end of the day, we all have issues with our bodies.

I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.

If you're upset with how you look at 25, life's going to be tough.

The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.

...self-consciousness is a man's worst enemy.

Beauty was deceptive. I would rather wear my pain, my ugliness. I was torn and stitched. I was a strip mine, and they would just have to look. I hoped I made them sick. I hoped they saw me in their dreams.

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

I'm not skinny for the wrong reasons. It's not because I'm bulimic or anorexic or doing drugs. Compared to a lot of actresses my age, I'm actually overweight.

Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin.

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.