I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.

I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another.

New York is tough on lonely people.

I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

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

I didn't know a damn thing about style.