I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.

If I die... I'd be so mad at myself that I didn't explore that side of me.

Bruce lives a lie. She is not a lie. I can't do it anymore.

I firmly believe that deep in their soul everyone has a champion that can overcome obstacles and do great things.

I still have nightmares about taking tests.

If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, 'You just blew your entire life.'

There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.