Emma Forrest Quotes

United Kingdom, Journalist
December 26, 1976

Emma Forrest (born 26 December 1976) is a British-American journalist, novelist and screenwriter with dual citizenship. Born in London, she has an American mother and British father.

The problem with writing a book about bulimia is that whenever you go to the washroom, people think you're throwing up.

Emma Forrest
- People
- Up
- Writing
I'm not rich, though everybody thinks I am.

Emma Forrest

There's so much guilt there attached to having a perfectly good life.

Emma Forrest
- Life
- Good
I used to devour biographies of people like Natalie Wood and Marilyn.

Emma Forrest
- People
New York is the first place I have ever felt safe.

Emma Forrest
When I was old enough to know better, I ate a bar of soap in the shape of the Muppets' Fozzie Bear, because I loved him so much I wanted to consume him, even if doing so made me ill. I didn't yet know the word 'foreshadowing.' Fozzie was the only first of many pop-culture icons I feel shaped by.

Emma Forrest
- Culture
The truth is I have had, for whatever reason, several movie-star boyfriends.

Emma Forrest
- Truth
- Movie
- Star