My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

Thank God for little miracles, right?

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

We live in a kissy society.

We're all pretty ordinary on paper.

I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.