Babies and young children are like the research and development division of the human species, and we grown-ups are production and marketing.

The brain knows the real secret of seduction, more effective than even music and martinis. Just keep whispering, 'Gee, you are really special' to that sack of water and protein that is a body, and you can get it to do practically anything.

The brain is highly structured, but it is also extremely flexible. It's not a blank slate, but it isn't written in stone, either.

What's it like to be a baby? It's like being in love in Paris for the first time after you've had three double espressos.

It's turns out to be much easier to simulate a grandmaster chess player than it is to simulate a 2-year-old.

Caring for children has always been one of the deepest and most satisfying things that a human being does, and yet it is hard to keep a healthy attitude toward it in our competitive, outcome-oriented society.

Babies and young children are like the research and development division of the human species, and we grown-ups are production and marketing.