You Can Be Creative And

One Of The Things About Parents And Children Is That There Is No Way That You Go Through This Without There Being Mutual Anger.

I Don't Really Think It Comes As A Shock To Every Writer If Somebody In Their Family Is Mad At Them. Yes, It's Very Upsetting. But It's Inherent In The Process Of Trying To Make Sense Of One's Life, Which Is What I Think Is Perhaps At The Bottom Of Writing At All.

We Also Have To Make Sure Our Children Know The History Of Women. Tell Them The Rotten Truth: It Wasn't Always Possible For Women To Become Doctors Or Managers Or Insurance People. Let Them Be Armed With A True Picture Of The Way We Want It To Be.

I Believe That It Is Our Human Right To Be Parents And Women. And There's No Contradiction Between Feminism, Which Means Women Should Have All That They Are Entitled To, All That They Can Do, All The Opportunities That They Can Take Advantage Of They Should Have.

You Have To Have A Certain Kind Of Thickening Of The Hide. I Mean, I'm Not Particularly Worried About What Other People Think. If Other People Think That I Was Not The World's Most Perfect Mother, They Are Completely Right.