When I went in, my editor said, 'I hope you don't think you're a writer.' And I said, 'I hope you don't think I'm a journalist.' And, uh, turned out we were both right.
For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.
We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.

