I think one of the hardest things about doing a book in the first person is that to a certain extent each day, when you begin to do your work, you're climbing into somebody else's skin.

Choose the kids. There will be plenty of time later to choose work.

I know a lot and have written a lot and have thought a lot about motherhood.

The New Testament has had a really powerful effect on how I write and how I live my life.

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

All reading is good reading. And all reading of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens is sublime reading.

The misdeeds of ordinary men can be buried with them, and their lives described in half-truths that are really half-lies. But not a public man. Particularly not this one.