When the babies were very young, I found it difficult to write. I told myself each time that it would be different, I was used to it now, but with every child, for the first four months, I would accomplish nothing.

Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage.

I am a very nonspiritual person.

Nothing makes me roll my eyes faster than a "Coexist" bumper sticker.

You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come and they make a movie. And they're two really different art forms.

I smoked pot when I was a teenager because other kids were doing it, but I didn't enjoy it that much.

Listen to the pregnant woman. Value her. She values the life growing inside her. Listen to the pregnant woman, and you cannot help but defend her right to abortion.