“We should leave people alone about their weight. Being skinny for a while (provided you actually eat food and don't take pills or smoke to get there) is a perfectly fine pastime. Everyone should try it once, like a super-short haircut or dating a white guy.”

“We should leave people alone about their weight. Being chubby for a while (provided you don’tgive yourself diabetes) is a natural phase of life and nothing to be ashamed of. Like puberty or slowlyturning into a Republican.”

“I've noticed a funny thing about people who are over-weight. They spend all their time thinking about food -except when they're actually eating it”

“Now that you're a Skinny Bitch, don't turn into a skinny bitch. We conceived of the title, Skinny Bitch, to get attention and sell books.... But we are not bitches, and we have no desire to promote bitchiness. There is nothing uglier than a pretty woman who's nasty. If you look great, you should feel good about yourself and be happy.”

“Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.”

“That anyone should need to write a book advising people to "eat food" could be taken as a measure of our alienation and confusion. Or we can choose to see it in a more positive light and count ourselves fortunate indeed that there is once again real food for us to eat.”