There are some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things.

I wanted to be an actor. My parents were not too keen on that.

She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.

When you stood between somebody you loved and death, it was hard to be awake and it was hard to sleep.

Basically you come up with the fictional idea and you start writing that story, but then in order to write it and to make it seem real, you sometimes put your own memories in. Even if it's a character that's very different from you.

Usually my ideas are small.

They're just memories now. Time to write them off.