Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing.

I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in order to effect change.

Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps.

It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.

Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.

I would not call myself a veteran conspiracy theorist. Or an obsessed one. I pretty much peaked on the whole conspiracy theory thing in the '60s, with the grassy knoll, who really killed JFK, and who ordered the hit on Lee Harvey Oswald.

Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing.