I was doing the family grocery shopping accompanied by two children, an event I hope to see included in the Olympics in the near future.

I think the very best thing about the internet is that I can read all the London papers every day if I want to.

I don't have to listen to the Gospel on Sunday to know the stories of the New Testament. They inform so much of what I write that they're practically like a news scrim that goes through my brain 24/7.

Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.

Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They're its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones.

Familiarity breeds content.

It is hard to find someone who will give your children a feeling of security while it lasts and not wound them too much when it isfinished, who will treat those children as if they were her own, but knows--and never forgets--that they are yours.