To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.

I'm a writer and this is what I love to do.

I voted, always vote. It's very important to me. My kids, I take them with me since they were little, so they realize it's a responsibility.

The challenge is always as a writer, is this going to work, because it's a very intimate process, and I tend to be very introverted and insular, and when I write, it's in my head.

I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.