Each couple is its own vaudeville act.
Desire is never final, desire is imprecise and impractical [...]
People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.
Anyone over the age of thirty catching a bus can consider himself a failure.
You don't have favourites among your children, but you do have allies.
The young people have a phrase for this now, which is "slay in your lane." That's a very important principle of writing. You have to work out what it is you can't do, obscure it, and focus on what works.