The gender gap looks at this point like it's going to favor the president, particularly among white suburban women. I certainly think it's going to be an issue. But I think the single most important thing in this election will be turnout.

Prosecutors insist they are mounting a "thorough investigation," which sometimes means thorough and sometimes, historically, has meant long enough to let the fire burn down in an incendiary case. A thorough investigation is fine; an interminable one is disgraceful.

I can't think of a single downside to motherhood now.

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

Frankly, I'm mainly telling the story to myself. Thinking about audience is too daunting, and worst case, invites you to homogenize, to soften the hard edges of things.

Wow, so much of the way I've transacted my life... so much of the results that I'm happy about are because of what Daddy did.

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.