“It's the story of how I went from being lionized for helping bring the snipers to justice to being vilified for writing a book about it.”
“How can everyone help bring peace to the world? By not being ashamed of who they are and by acting according to their heart's desires. And by telling their stories.”
“Mother used to say it meant Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful, but I do not want my name to mean a story about being kind and helpful. I want my name to mean me.”
“Being fat means being left out, scorned, and vilified.”
“You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer.”
“All those stories need different endings——which is possible because it's my life and I do have the privelege of being able to write the story.”