...real Loneliness Is Having No One To

The Idea Was To Focus On The Primal Drama Of Parenthood: The Way From Moment To Moment You Swing From Comforter To Tormentor, Just As Kids Simultaneously Light Up Our Lives And Drive Us Nuts. I Was Trying To Capture That Strange, Bipolar Quality Of Parenthood. For All That Being A Parent Is Normal Statistically, It's Not Normal Psychologically. It Produces Some Of The Most Extreme Emotions You'll Ever Have.

When I Was A Little Kid I Thought Like A Little Kid, But Now I'm Five I Know Everything

What's Crucial About Being An Executive Producer Is That You Stay In The Loop, Information-wise. They Have To Share All Their Major Decisions With You.

I'm Really Aware That In Fiction, Women Are Pretty Much Equal. There's A Lot Of Very Successful Women Novelists. Not So Much [for Women Writers Working] In Film.

I'm Finding That Success Is Way More Time-consuming Than Failure Ever Was.