“Whenever you see shrinks on television, they're so clearly written by ...” — Amy Bloom Quote

“Whenever you see shrinks on television, they're so clearly written by patients. They're either idealized or they're demonized or they love their patients. All they ever think about is their patients.”

“I was the kind of reader in smudged pink harlequin glasses sitting on the cool, dusty floor of the Arrandale public library, standing at the edge of the playground, having broken a tooth in dodge ball, and lying under my covers with a flashlight.”

“People tend to forget that in our country, we'd pretty much all be immigrants, except for the Native Americans.”

“Patients have the right to help themselves.”

“I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.”

“Covid-19-affected patients cannot be orphaned.”