I Read A Lot Of Social History.

The Paradox Of Publicity Is That Even As We Do It, We Know It's Killing Off The Chance Of Another Reader Happening Across Our Book In The Ideal State Of Innocence.

What's Crucial About Being An Executive Producer Is That You Stay In The Loop, Information-wise. They Have To Share All Their Major Decisions With You.

The Idea Was To Focus On The Primal Drama Of Parenthood: The Way From Moment To Moment You Swing From Comforter To Tormentor, Just As Kids Simultaneously Light Up Our Lives And Drive Us Nuts. I Was Trying To Capture That Strange, Bipolar Quality Of Parenthood. For All That Being A Parent Is Normal Statistically, It's Not Normal Psychologically. It Produces Some Of The Most Extreme Emotions You'll Ever Have.

He [ma's Tooth] Was Part Of Her A Minute Ago But Now He's Not. Just A Thing.

I Hate Desks; They Make Me Feel Like A Child Doing Homework.