I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams.
タグ: childhood, people, you, dreams

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I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time.
タグ: weird, day, time, today
With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV, and I'm fully prepared to be challenged legally on it.
タグ: own, my-own, end, day
As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward.
タグ: being, luxury, yourself, you
Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.
タグ: interesting, long, people, marriage
I love to both give and receive very old books.
タグ: give, books, old, love
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