America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.

My life is not packaged, Not tidy. There are leftover strands and jagged Edges that cut even my friends.

Each of us is born with a history already in place

Drew, your enemies can mess your life up,' he said. 'Or they can make it easy for you to do it to yourself.' —Fletch

I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.

No matter what...ball made my heart beat faster, made me want to jump up and down and be Superman. That's what life was about anyway, being Superman and living like life itself was important. Basketball made my life important.

Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.