Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.
“You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self.”
“I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process.”