A guy who hates his job isn't going to be too charming at home.

It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.

I didn't care for most of the books I was being asked to read in school. I started reading like crazy right after high school when I got a job in a mental hospital. I was working my way through college, and I did a lot of night shifts, and there was nothing to do. So I read like crazy, serious stuff, all the classics.

The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgent—like her résumé́ for another job.