I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to make someone think and make me think.

History is absolutely my thing.

I'm a history person, and I love the groundedness of that, of being able to go, "Yes! People acted like that."

I think [it's necessary to accept] things that are just true about yourself: These are my faults, these are the things I'm good at, this is where I came from, this is where I didn't come from. I think happy people are the ones who have made peace with those truths and acknowledged them, and learned to use them and live with them.

I love getting into the basement of a courthouse, and all the dusty records - all that stuff makes me really happy.

Your truth really can't be twisted. It is what it is. That doesn't mean that a person can't develop and change and reinterpret their life.

I tend to be a very logical, practical person.