Despite the fact that in America we incarcerate more juveniles for life terms than in any other country in the world, the truth is that the vast majo….

When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said, 'My God, she's so beautiful.' I unwrapped the baby from her blankets. She….

There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you'd be, the parent you always wished you had….

I used to refer to myself as a 'theoretical anorexic,' just as crazy when it came to body image, but saved by a lack of self-discipline. My daughters….

I think I wish I had never spanked my children, but I have. And they remember every instance like they tattooed it on their palms. I think it's a ter….

There is an inverse correlation between the cleanliness of a bathroom and my 3-year-old daughter's need to move her bowels..

Being a public defender makes you incredibly paranoid - and I would say with reason - about law enforcement..

I've only ever been interested in drugs as therapeutic tools..

The only difference between a writer and someone who wants to be a writer is discipline..

I wrote three novels in six months, with a clarity of focus and attention to detail that I had never before experienced. This type of sublime creativ….

I smoked pot when I was a teenager because other kids were doing it, but I didn't enjoy it that much..

Everyone knows now how early a fetus becomes a baby. Women who have been pregnant have seen their babies on ultrasounds. They know that there is a te….

I love my husband more than I love my children..

My new novel 'Red Hook Road' began many years ago as a short article in the newspaper..

The statistic that 67 percent of women's admissions to the psychiatric facilities are during the week before menstruation is critically important to ….

The idea of going down to Central or South American and taking ayahuasca and shitting my pants and puking in a circle of overprivileged white people ….

The legalization of drugs, a proliferation of a public health approach to drug use and drug addition, a compassionate mental health system. And can w….

As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately ….

Why is it that loving something provides such little protection from betrayal?.

Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served by seeking, quite literally, a t….

I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I ….