“Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it's time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.”

“The trouble with writing a book about yourself is that you can’t fool around. If you write about someone else, you can stretch the truth from here to Finland. If you write about yourself the slightest deviation makes you realize instantly that there may be honor among thieves, but you are just a dirty liar.”

“You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.”

“You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand. ~”

“Writing isn't easy because you have to relieve the most painful moments of your life, over and over again, and then you have to write them down, hoping that they’ll matter to someone else other than yourself.”

“When writing the story of your life, don't let anyone else hold the pen<3”