From Earliest Years to Present:

Why write a memoir and turn it into a book? Because I was asked to write one. It makes me happy to recall my life, although a few memories are painful and I feel regret and remorse. I see many books that say "e;The Life of..."e; or "e;A Memoir"e;. So I have everything all there. There's nothing that anyone would mind being in a book. Either they're pretty mature or long dead. So I think we're ready to put it together. We start, my editor and I.