The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.

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.

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

I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.

My father, for his part, was not a man to begrudge anyone a divergent opinion; he'd have been fine if I had written some articles disagreeing with his policies, or even given interviews, as long as I was respectful and civil.

You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.

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.