Maybe (writing a book like this) starts with a little bit of bitterness. The genesis was knowing housewives whose lives consist of buying $500 chairs for their kitchen. And it's also maybe a little jealousy. You've got to train yourself to find the humor in everything. |
Most kids become the class clown in the fourth or fifth grade. For me, it started when I was 40. |
The New York Times gave me permission to be funny and write about what it is to be a woman and a mother who isn't quite up to the challenge. |