I think as an actress before I was on Twitter I thought, I'm only doing drama [and dramatic roles]... but then as soon I started tweeting it was like, "Oh you're the funny girl!"... but that was never how I saw myself. It's changed how I seem in other people's eyes.

Jenny Mollen

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Before you meet the love of your life, there's usually one guy you date that you try to convince yourself is him. Let me save you some time: He's not.

dating guy trying

Throughout my childhood, my parents dropped me off at a multitude of therapists' offices in hopes that I'd avoid growing up to be the kind of asshole who writes books about them. Also because it was sometimes easier than finding a nanny.

growing-up writing book

I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower... by Jenny Mollen

I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time.

persuasion would-be thinking

There are two types of people in the world: those who think everyone needs therapy, and those who have never been.

two people thinking

I like you just the way I am. by Jenny Mollen

I like you just the way I am.

like-you i-like-you way

My parents ... are more like cats. They accidentally had a litter of kittens, and then emotionally moved on to whatever ball of yarn rolled past their line of sight.

cat sight past

In my twenties, my dad was paying half my rent and my ex boyfriend was paying the other half. I wasn't in a good place!

ex-boyfriend dad twenties

I never had credit card debt... I was very much about trying to gain my freedom, so it was about saving.

credit trying cards

Long story short: E. L. James is a hero. by Jenny Mollen

Long story short: E. L. James is a hero.

short story hero long

I don't think that crazy should have a negative connotation - it just means that you're fun. I think that crazy is just a term that boring people use to describe fun people.

think you crazy people

I never had a go-to girl squad. I think that I'm only friends with loners, so I have a select group of loners that I hang out with individually.

never think friends girl

I don't think enough women are being honest about motherhood. by Jenny Mollen

I don't think enough women are being honest about motherhood.

think women motherhood enough

My parents have been married multiple times each, so the idea of being committed to somebody was scary.

somebody parents being scary

At 41 and a half weeks pregnant, I started to have second thought... by Jenny Mollen

At 41 and a half weeks pregnant, I started to have second thoughts about becoming a mother.

thoughts about half mother

I was never the girl who yearned for children. I pretended to be interested in other people's kids, but that was obviously just an act.

never girl children people

I surround myself with bizarre people. They're more fun to write... by Jenny Mollen

I surround myself with bizarre people. They're more fun to write about.

more myself fun people

I just want everyone to like me. That's my main flaw. by Jenny Mollen

I just want everyone to like me. That's my main flaw.

everyone like me want

I've always gravitated toward men who sort of kind of eclipsed me in some way. And I think that it's because I have this need to be better.

better think me men

I think, as a woman and as somebody in the entertainment industry, we have to be careful what we're putting out there and what we're trying to say.

woman think entertainment trying

I just hope that people, women specifically, embrace that side of themselves that maybe is a little nuts or that society tells us is crazy.

women crazy hope people