I am a good and interested mother - which has surprised me.

Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I'm afraid I don't have the latest figures to confirm this.

Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.

A neighbor is something that belongs to the stable world of home life, the thing that lives next door to you.

It is living, not thinking, as a feminist that has become the challenge.

People are least aware of others when demonstrating their own power over them.

Reality might be described as the eternal equipoise of positive and negative.