I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button.

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.

But you don't always get what you want;,you get what you get

Plot springs from character... I've always sort of believed that these people inside me- these characters- know who they are and what they're about and what happens, and they need me to help get it down on paper because they don't type.

It's intrusive for grandparents to think they're in charge. It's manipulative. Also, it's self-destructive, since if the parents have to resist you, you won't get your mitts on the kid as often.

Expectations are resentments under construction.

Learning to love back is the hardest part of being alive.