> i think it's relevant to say that i have on occasion discussed by phone, not my children's but multnomah wife and i suppose broadly speaking there are three areas of my life that are quite private that i have discussed. when i wrote to the first book has a single print that was common knowledge and i wasn't ashamed of that but it had been difficult to find child care and all of these things i did talk about and lastly i tried to do something meaningful because i became an ambassador for the campaign and then i also said in my statement on the society i found research for the funds. my mother died of complications from multiple sclerosis. it's not something that i relish talking about but i talked about it with a purpose and i think that that is one of the up sides if you like being one of them that you can become a spokesperson for those kind charities. the last thing i said is i have talked openly about the fact i have depression. i think originally i discussed this in the context of my work and i do feel quite strongly that as a writer or any kind of creative person who are life become