68 Quotes by Adam Mansbach

When it comes right down to it, developing a critical sensibility about parenting isn't really about disapproval; it's about honing your own sensibilities, figuring out how you want to parent.

Ultimately, very few people parent their kids in ways that strike anybody else as reasoned, appropriate or sane.

When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.

When the kid goes to bed, you get a little bit of time for yourself and maybe your partner, so being delayed in that departure can be particularly frustrating.

Of course, the opposite of white privilege is not blackness, as many of us seemed to think then; the opposite of white privilege is working to dismantle that privilege. But my particular hip-hop generation proved to be very serious about figuring it all out and staying engaged.

No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.

My daughter is a very adventurous eater. I'm not the guy who sits around lamenting that all my kid will eat it is Tater Tots and chicken nuggets. With my kid, it's more a capricious and whimsical decision-making.

One thing any DJ needs in his crate, especially at a barbecue, is a selection of 15-minute-plus jams.

One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.