Choose The Kids. There Will Be Plenty

And Sometimes You Do Everything Right And Something Bad Just Happens. It's As Simple, And As Scary, As That.

You Realize That Especially When You're Writing A Book Like This, Looking Back On Your Life, That There's Just Such A Depth Of Understanding You Acquire Over Time With The Help Of The People Who Love You That That's When You Can Really Get Down To What You Really Think And Believe.

My Sister Is A Public School Teacher. She Makes Far Far Less Money Than I Do, And Gets Almost No Public Attention For Her Work. Yet I Believe What She Does Is Infinitely More Important And More Difficult Than What I Do.

Here Is One Of The Worst Things About Having Someone You Love Die: It Happens Again Every Single Morning.

When I Write A Novel, I Have What I Think Of As An Icon That Helps Get Me Into The World Of The Book.