We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

I write fiction and I’m told it’s autobiography, I write autobiography and I’m told it’s fiction, so since I’m so dim and they’re so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn’t.

I’m not a product of my circumstances, I’m a product of my decisions.