One might think reading these books -- and I've gotten thousands of letters about them by people who do think this -- that, based on my life's history as I portray it in the books, my early life's history, I am someone who has overcome adversity, that I am someone who has drunk -- drank? -- drunk of the bitter dregs of near-disaster in childhood and emerged not just unscathed but strengthened.
Cineva ar putea crede citind aceste cărţi -- şi am primit mii de scrisori despre ele de la oameni care cred asta -- bazat pe istoria vieţii mele aşa cum am portretizat-o în cărţi, istoria vieţii mele timpurii, că sunt cineva care a depăşit adversitatea. Că sunt cineva care a băut -- băut, beat-- din drojdia amară a unei copilării aproape dezastroase şi am răzbătut nu doar neatins, dar întărit.