I do get most of the harder-to-get stories.

God hears a mother's prayer.

Love didn't always solve the problem; sometimes it became the problem.

Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it.

I would lay awake nights and cry a lot thinking, is my dad gonna come home? Is he gonna go to jail again? Is he going to get killed?

You feel it in there, pacing your heart sometimes, and it has what's called a defibrillator. Should I suffer that arhythmia, it's generally sudden death. And the paddles that are internal shock you back and restore your rhythm to its normal and natural state.

The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.