The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to tormentor, just as kids simultaneously light up our lives and drive us nuts. I was trying to capture that strange, bipolar quality of parenthood. For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have.

...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing.

Books are the air I breathe, so I don't notice the seasons.

Sometimes when persons say definitely it sounds actually less true.

Everyone's got a different story.

Actually,the nightmarish thought occurred to me that with electronic delivery of books becoming a norm, soon writers may be expected to provide several versions of their book, ranging from the Easy to the Complex, and buyers will choose what they're in the mood for with the click of a button! I do hope not.

What's crucial about being an executive producer is that you stay in the loop, information-wise. They have to share all their major decisions with you.