I was in a lot of bands growing up.

I watched a ton of films growing up, but in a haphazard way. There was nothing scholarly or focused about it.

I liked art history. Also liked the gender ratio, especially compared to applied math and physics.

There's a certain trope in young adult fiction. A young girl gets cancer and becomes this radiant person who's a fountain of insight. Everyone who encounters her is changed for the better. That doesn't happen all the time. The whole thing is much more difficult to process. Adults have trouble with it, so why shouldn't we expect teens to?

The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.

I have a son and a daughter; I try to teach them equally about balance, gender, and gender equity.

When somebody says, 'This must be a children's book,' basically they're saying, 'You must be a child.' And so my answer is, 'Well, yes, I guess I am a child.' But I don't think of myself that way.

Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.