Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most every book I bring into the world is like birthing a baby; it's a lot of effort!
It's a pretty brutal process, having a baby.
If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.
When I have an idea, I'm like a pregnant woman. I just have to deliver.
I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter.
Having a baby is one of the most wonderful things in your life, as well as the hardest thing in your life.
There are all these things I want to do when I don't have to finish a book. But I have to keep writing because I keep having children.
The moment your kid's born you realize no one knows anything. No one goes to classes. You just have a kid. You can read all the books you like, but unfortunately none of our kids have read the books so they don't care. You're basically making it up as you go along.
When you're pregnant, you go out and buy every single book; you have this stack of books on your nightstand, but there was nothing that was preparing me for anything even remotely resembling what my life was going to look like.
Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.