Lorrie Moore Quotes

I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trouble.

I used food as a coping mechanism for many, many years, and it was my best friend for a long time.

My number one elixir for anxiety? Comfort food.

People respond differently to people who are grieving. They reach out. But depression is so very isolating. It's hard to explain to anyone who has never been depressed how isolating it is. Grief comes and goes, but depression is unremitting.

I'm always wearing Spanx, eating ice cream and feeling a bit lonely.

I can cry all day long - that's easy for me.

I hid myself in food.

Food is not your remedy for problems. Food is not going to change your life. If you are lonely, food is not going to be your company. If you are sad, food is not going to give you solace.

When I get anxiety and depression and things like that, I take to eating.

I did not know how to share with someone the fact that I was really, really depressed.

In my darkest moments, I have not eaten an entire pie, but I have turned to other baked goods to find solace.

I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.

I can't eat at all when I get sad; all I want is soup and easy-to-swallow baby food and, of all things, jelly babies.

I ate cucumbers and saltines - not because I wanted to look a certain way, but because I was so sad my appetite disappeared.

The only way to overcome sadness is to consume it.

When a man is down on his luck he seems to consume all he can get of coffee and doughnuts.

If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

Bad news should be followed with soup. Then a nap.

You worry too much. Eat some bacon...what? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon.

When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am particularly fond of muffins.

I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all.

There are days when I should be writing, and I am so tired that I can't. And the fatigue also affects my emotions, making me not even care about writing. There are days when I wake up so angry I can barely speak, and also days when I am so sad.

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.

I'm not glorifying it at all, I'm just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it's not that deep.