I do some compassionate mindfulness every day. It's like a Buddhist thing. I tell myself that I'm doing a good job, that kind of thing. It makes me feel better.

Younger and younger, our children are seeing the sippy-cup as half empty.

I would've been able to write anything about mental-health crises had I not felt good.

I do wanna get married. It just sounds great. You get to go grocery shopping together, rent videos, and the kissing and the hugging and the kissing and the hugging under the cozy covers. Mmmm! But sometimes I worry that I don't wanna get married as much as I want to get dipped in a vat of warm, rising bread dough. That might feel pretty good, too.

Here's the Middle East. Here's the mosque, here's the church, open the temple, everybody's MAD!

Get out of your house and go see some live performance, for God's sake. There are people creating things just outside your window.

I like all kinds of comedy. I like comedy that doesn't talk about real beliefs or serious thoughts, but then I also like the stuff that does. I think it just depends. It's a completely personal choice.