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Being a parent is amazing.

I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.

I'm a parent, especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all in the bank. It's all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That's the stuff that makes your work rich, that's what you dip into.

I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.

The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.

Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and has made me address parts of myself that I would otherwise live in comfortable denial of, or you know and - you know, for instance, my self-loathing.

I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.

When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.

When I was growing up, my mother only put her foot down once: She said, 'You are going to college.' And that was a lifesaving moment. But she never talked to me about my clothes or hair. So I learned how to parent my kids through her.

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.