The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.

Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day.

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.

There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.

I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.