My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!

Why should women have to fit into child sizes in order to be considered desirable? That is both sick and depressing.

And now Rocky is begging me to watch Dora the Explorer with him. I understand that millions of kids love Dora and have learned to read or whatever from her show. But I wouldn't mind if Dora fell off a cliff and took her little pals with her

But really, the term “forgive and forget” doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue, which isn’t always healthy. But if we forget, we don’t learn from our mistakes. And that can be deadly.

In a way, I was incredibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her).

In high school, I wanted to be an actress. Until I got to college and took some creative writing courses. Then I decided I wanted to become a novelist.

We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.