There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.

I think the goal is to make a well written scene seem like it's improvised and/or to come up with things that you find in the room that you couldn't have known until you get into the real situation, just try to improve things as you go along.

Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do?

I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.

I think it's miraculous that anybody survives themselves.

It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in.

I don't think I'm in any position to give anybody advice about anything.