Elizabeth Wurtzel
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel is an American writer and journalist, known for publishing her best-selling memoir Prozac Nation, at the age of 26. She holds a BA in comparative literature from Harvard College and a JD from Yale Law School...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 July 1967
CountryUnited States of America
fake-people hypocrisy sorrow
Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don't know the answer, I know only that I can't.
life-lesson giving age
Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time you've got all this great wisdom, you don't get to be young anymore.
passion imagination people
My imagination, my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time, how passion can surprise and renew, utterly failed me.
imagination interesting people
It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women.
trying sides instinct
Because trying to see all sides, such an instinct is particularly Jewish.
stupid doors intellectual
There are some remarks that are so stupid that to be even vaguely aware of them is the intellectual equivalent of living next door to Chernobyl.
people literature worried
Am I worried people will say I'm repeating myself? Sure. One thought I had was to publish it as a novel but eventually I just decided to do what I wanted to do.
depression literature way
In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression.
life dull glamorous
My life's actually been quite dull; it's not all that glamorous.
life literature adults
In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.
hate miserable
You don't even have to hate to have a perfectly miserable time.
fake-people sleep watches
It's like Samson and Delilah: watch your back, because trouble could be the person you're sleeping with.
morning sleep divorce
Divorce has taught us how to sleep with friends, sleep with enemies, and then act like it's all perfectly normal in the morning.
mean simple dope
Getting help for substance abuse can be reduced to the deceptively simple focus of ‘keeping away from the dope.’ But what does getting help with depression mean? Learning to keep away from your own mind?