It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
It's easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
... what is great poetry, after all, but the continuation of the human voice after death?
Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life.
The worst thing about jealousy is how low it makes you reach.
The only rule I have when writing is to try to tell the truth. That doesn't mean you can't exaggerate, edit, rewrite things to make them more dramatic. But emotional truth is what I look for in writing.