My daughter genuinely asked me to hand her the basketball bat. I might be failing as a father.

Why should you feel honored for getting scraps of his time?

Don't idolize anyone if you can. You know, be inspired by people, certainly, but don't idolize people... Because they'll let you down.

...you are defined by how you live your life, not whom you live it with, and certainly not by what you gave up to be with that person.

Here's something else to think about: calling when you say you're going to is the very first brick in the house you are building of love and trust. If he can't lay this one stupid brick down, you ain't never gonna have a house baby, and it's cold outside.

I'm certain prison is pretty rough as it is but imagine if you were a murderer and a foodie!

I like the idea that when a guy comes over to the house, I get to say I wrote the book.