Emily V. Gordon Quotes

Emily V. Gordon

Profession : Writer

Birth : May 3, 1979

In Hollywood, it seems that the people least successful at being married are the ones most eager to tie the knot over and over again.

Emily V. Gordon

In my experience as a therapist and as a friend, it seems that the majority of the breakup resources available are for women and not men. Women, who tend to be more vocal about their emotional struggles, are the squeaky wheel that gets the grease from friends, from online communities, from books, and from therapeutic approaches.

Emily V. Gordon

Women are encouraged to go on an emotional journey of self-care after a divorce, while men are expected to need help learning how to cook and parent on their own.

Emily V. Gordon

Men - not all men but a good majority of the ones I have known and worked with - tend to think of difficult situations in their lives as problems that need to be solved.

Emily V. Gordon

When I was young and less wise, I thought that being a feminist meant being independent. It meant not sacrificing your needs for anyone else's and not relying on anyone else for even a smidgen of your happiness or well being.

Emily V. Gordon

After my divorce, I took some time off from having a romantic life to begin the tough work of figuring out where I'd gone wrong and what on Earth I could do to understand how to be a whole person in a relationship.

Emily V. Gordon

Being completely independent doesn't make you a strong woman - it's being strong enough to trust yourself in other people's hands that takes guts.

Emily V. Gordon

Marriage, or any committed partnership, has become sacred to me, powerful and fragile all at the same time.

Emily V. Gordon

I am somewhat grateful to the disintegration of my marriage for teaching me a lot about myself and about relationships, and though I wish it hadn't been such a taxing lesson, I wouldn't change a thing.

Emily V. Gordon

Marriage isn't just about two people who fit together well. It's about two people who figure out how to fit together well.

Emily V. Gordon

Never marry because it seems like what you should do.

Emily V. Gordon

A lot of new stepparents fall into the trap of letting children disobey household expectations in order to gain favor with them.

Emily V. Gordon

Don't sacrifice alone time with your spouse just because the kids seem needy. A united front requires adult time alone, so put it in the calendar and make it a priority. A house cannot stand on a shaky foundation.

Emily V. Gordon

Do remember to pick your battles when you start parenting your stepchildren.

Emily V. Gordon

Don't expect yourself to immediately love your stepchildren. In fact, you may hate them for a bit.

Emily V. Gordon

I haven't always been the best advocate for my own body. I was a too-tall, pudgy child who felt completely out of control of the genetic lottery ticket she'd been given, so in retaliation, I shut down. I ignored my body and hated it for not being tiny and cute like my friends' bodies.

Emily V. Gordon

I don't remember being put into the coma, but I do have a lot of weird memories from being under. This may be because I was in a coma via medicine rather than trauma. That time period played out for me as one long rambling dream where I was at a hospital to visit my boyfriend, who I thought was in an accident.

Emily V. Gordon

There is no level of professional rejection that can compare to almost dying.

Emily V. Gordon

I have multiple tattoos.

Emily V. Gordon

I thought of 'The Big Sick' as a placeholder title, to be completely honest. I've grown to love it.

Emily V. Gordon