Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame

by Mara Wilson

It is not my job to be pretty, or cute, or anything that someone else wants me to be.

You were smart, thoughtful, and rebellious in all the right ways.

“Do you have a cigarette?” asked a passerby. “No,” I said. “But I have three different kinds of asthma medication.”

If you can affect someone when they’re young, you are in their heart forever.