In reality, eating disorders, including anorexia, are serious mental health problems, triggered by a complex interplay of low self-worth, difficulties in coping with problems and – possibly – genetics.
But we managed it - and it was worth every difficulty.
Above all, Wallace's writing was too difficult and probably not worth that difficulty.
Of course, at times the glamour of winning an award, or even a big cash bonus, is not worth the difficulty.
Not all agree, but in a country where the National Health Service accounts for almost a fifth of public spending, it is worth considering.The difficulty arises in putting these notions into practice, through swingeing tax increases for the middle-class and wealthy, or expanding government intervention.
The result was worth the difficulty of the negotiations.
Don't give in to the temptation to insult your supervisor or your job - the short-term satisfaction you get from rubbing it in your boss's face isn't worth the difficulty you'll experience in the future when trying to explain why you can't provide a reference for this position.
But the Obama Administration scrapped the initiative, mired in 20 years worth of construction difficulties and environmental opposition, in 2010.
Chao is a daughter of James SC Chao, a shipping magnate whose net worth PolitiFact had difficulty nailing down in 2014, except to note that the family foundation recently gave $40m to Harvard.
Watch above as Sekoff, Smith and Moretti talk with Brian John Spencer, Glorelys Mora, Lisa Boyd and Santiago Melli-Huber about college affordability (and whether it's worth it), the difficulty of finding a job and whether the millennial generation is sufficiently political.
So, without wishing to dampen this blossoming of bookish ardour, it is worth considering the unique difficulties of literary wedlock.
