I Look Back One More

People Don't Always Want To Be With People. It Gets Tiring.

I'm Finding That Success Is Way More Time-consuming Than Failure Ever Was.

I Think I Know What It's Like To Have A Family That The Outside World Sees As Peculiar Or Lacking.

I Read Three Books A Week.

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.