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

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

I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.

I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third person.

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.

There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.