My mother is really the person I learned to curse from. She discourages me from saying that in interviews. But it's true.

I've probably done more than a thousand interviews, and I can't remember what people asked me two months ago or two days ago.

I would like to think that I curse expertly - it's not something that I do without considering it. I never curse without intending to; it's not something I resort to because of inability to articulate or find the correct word.

My wife likes me to point out that she puts our daughter down to sleep more often than I do, which gives me time to write stupid books about it.

We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.

I've always been really involved in figuring out who my audience is and how to reach them.