Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.

It's much easier to wear your pain on the outside.

It's very hard to grow up in a perfect family when you're not perfect.

I really like clever men who challenge you.

Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.

A controlling man, surely a mythical creature?

The best person to write for is yourself—and what better place to start than in a journal.