And my interest in history was, and remains, very strong: what I wanted was to understand certain things better by understanding them psychoanalytically.
My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself.
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

