Careful?! Was my mother careful when she stabbed me in the heart with a coat hanger while I was still in womb?

Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.

It's not like we have a formula, but I think one of the reasons this show has survived is that it has a big heart at its center. Other cartoon shows have people crap on each other and make racist jokes. But I don't think people tune in for that. I just don't think a show lasts for 10 years without a heart.

It's tricky because you have to treat the mother and the baby. The mothers are in turmoil, so we try to reassure them that they will do well and get them to concentrate on delivering the baby.

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary

We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.