I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring.

I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.

I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.

I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.

I do have a family, and I do have friends, and so-called friends, and acquaintances, and many other people I see only around Christmas time. Maybe they could vouch for me. Maybe they could testify to my existence and save a part of me that thinks I'm no better than a bag of potato chips.

I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring.

Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again. We'll see.