They're used to it, ... It isn't the first time I've written about my family history or dragged everyone into a book.

At that point, I had 50,000 to 80,000 words written about the house. Instead, it became a sequel to The Kid in a way,

To keep the peace, I do show things to my family before they come out, ... It's like a 'heads up, here's what I'm writing. If you really have a problem with it or you're never going to talk to me again, give me a call.'

The truly revolutionary promise of our nation's founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness-with-a-capital-H.

I don't think it's the responsibility of gays and lesbians to reinvent the family.

How can you tell somebody whose is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?