I constantly looked for motherly protection.

Everyone seemed to want a piece of Ronald Reagan. It was maddening.

If you believe, so will they.

The odds against an adoptee ending up as the child of the President of the United States are staggering. But then, so are the odds against a movie star becoming president

I thought the Secret Service would protect me from the press, but they were at my house to protect me from assassins with guns, not with assassins with pencils.

I had never said, 'dad, I love you'.

I didn't spend much time with my parents when I was growing up.