Emma Forrest is a British-American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Daughter of TV writer Judy Raines.
Goddaughter of Louise Lasser.
Is good friends with Minnie Driver , Rachel Weisz , Chlo Sevigny and Radha Mitchell.
She and Ben Mendelsohn were married at the famous Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, California.
(December 23, 2016) Filed for divorce from her husband of 4 years Ben Mendelsohn following a 22-day-long separation.
Has a daughter, Carolina Mendelsohn (b.2013), with her estranged husband Ben Mendelsohn.
In other words, it was a struggle with himself. And the product of that struggle: anger, bitterness, resentment, envy or transformation, aspiration, hope, decency. . the product of that struggle is the quality of your life and the nature of your soul.
When you live with voices in your head, you are drawn inextricably to voices outside your head. Very often the voices work to confirm your worst suspicions. Or think of things you could never have imagined! There are only so many hours of the day to hate yourself.
If killing yourself is not an option anymore, you have to sink into the darkness instead, and make something out of it.
The goal was to get sane, to get whole, to be complete enough to support someone else.
But I saw the pain and sadness in everything, and swirled it round my mouth like a fine wine.
You want to know, but are afraid to ask, whether or not I found someone. If there could be anyone to fill that hole in my heart after I lost him. I did. "Life is futile," says my new therapist, Michaela, "and no one gets out of it alive. There is only love.
I finally accept that not only do I not understand the death of my relationship, but I do not need to. These men were good and kind to me, they loved me and I loved them back and the shock at the finish holds no wisdom. The revelation is not that I lost them, but that I had them.
When he asked if he was mine, tears in his eyes, I think he knew what he would do, what he would have to do, and he was mourning us. He was mourning us the whole time.
Let me tell you something: when you dance, you are the greatest dancer who has ever lived. And when you sing, you will have the courage to raise your voice to the heavens, knowing that you may never get an answer.
You could be together forever, but one of you is going to have to go first. I want it to last. I love him and I want it to stay.
