Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them.

Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.

Every child, woman, and man should possess license to speak or sing in his or her true voice.

For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously.

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story.

I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes.