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've been living a lie all my life.

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

Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted.

You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son.

Everyone thought I had everything. I had nothing.

My adoption was treated as a celebration.