When I was in that danger...I felt like I was shaken awake...after everything she made me feel...I made a decision and went to sleep. Do you know what that's like - trying to go to sleep, and lose yourself in the hopes of burying the worst fears in your life?...I wasn't in love with the past. I was terrified of my own future.

I played Little League for one year. That was it. Then my mother realized I liked books and threatened my father. I owe her forever for that.

History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?

Today, I don't believe in destiny. But I do believe in history...There's nothing more powerful than history.

Here's what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary friends.

You tell them - you tell them there's a cost.....Every decision we make in life, there's always a cost.

There are some people in your life who bring back old memories. And there are others - your first kiss, your first love, your first sex - who, the moment you see them, bring a spark...and something far more potent. They bring back your old life and with that, potential. And possibilities. And the feeling that if you were back in that time, life could be so very different from where you're stuck right now. That's the most tantalizing thing....I want my potential back.