I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

When I write nonfiction, it's always absolutely true. There will be no moment in my nonfiction where I have made something up and have to apologize to the bullying hostess of a talk show.

I'm really terrible with small children; they're small, noisy, irritating, damp and soggy.

Children like their mothers especially to be standing still and watching them, even if they are sleeping. At least that's how I felt. There's nothing wrong with the self-interest of children; it's just the way they are.

Woe to the man who offends a small child!

Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.