As for his name, well, what attorney wouldn't want to be able put a Judge in a crate every now and then?

I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of this and to enjoy our family life, stepping away from all the fictional traumas and the dramas. If I write about family in crisis, then I won't have to live through it, I guess.

God doesn't give people burdens they can't handle.

Sometimes, all it takes to become human again is someone who can see you that way, no matter how you present on the surface.

Things don't always look as they seem.

Teachers deserve respect," I explain. "Why do they get it for free, when everyone else has to earn it?

I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his forehead to warn us away. Criminals sit next to us on the bus. They pack our groceries and cash our paychecks for us and teach our children. They look no different from you or me. And that's why they get away with it.