I would not give up a lot of what I know about my heritage. I would not give up knowing where I came from, the good parts and the bad parts.

I am very into genealogy and heritage, and that's how I started writing.

I think the past is something I have spent a lot of time thinking about, not only what is different about the past but what's the same, and what links us to the past.

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.

I would not give up a lot of what I know about my heritage. I would not give up knowing where I came from, the good parts and the bad parts.

We're naturally afraid of a spider - these are memories that are being chemically passed down through your DNA.

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.