Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.

[On home births:] In a house where there had been three people, there were now four, although no one had come in the door.

A good home must be made, not bought.

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

It's a great thing when a man knows how to dance, she said. When a man can dance, the world is his oyster." Adele, Henry's Mother

There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets.

The real drug, I came to believe, was love.