I'm doomed to act like myself, even when it's inconvenient!

When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That's when the sparkle started for me.

I tell people not to write too soon about their lives. Writing about yourself too young is loaded with psychological complexities.

As a memoirist, I strive for veracity.

The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold.

For me, everything's too much and nothing's enough.

Be willing to be a child and be the Lilliputian in the world of Gulliver.