Who came up with the idea of writing a book about friendship, and what was the inspiration?
RH: I was mentioned in Malcolm Gladwell’s bestselling book, The Tipping Point, as an example of a “connector.” People kept asking me, “How did you become a connector?” They asked me if they too could become one, and I thought, of course they could. There seems to be a need for making more meaningful connections, a need for a guide to enhancing friendships. So I decided to write a book – to share my thoughts about friendship and to show how anyone can become a connector. When I talked to Sally about it, she had a different perspective, which made me realize that a multi-generational look at the subject would be more interesting and fun. And, as an added benefit, writing a book on friendship enhanced our own relationship. SH: And when we started writing the book, we thought it would truly be a “he said/she said” dialogue on the previously undefined “rules” of friendship, but it turned out that – guess what? – I am my father’s daughter, and many of our opinions were not as different as we
