"For everyone who needs a hero or loves a good story, here is an inspiring collection of personal revelations from more than 100 remarkable men and women who share a moment when words changed their lives"--Jacket.

"Marlo Thomas and friends have contributed their stories and royalties ... to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital"--Jacket.

David Mamet, Wilma Mankiller, Mary Matalin, Dave Matthews, John McCain, Paul McCartney, Dennis Miller, Toni Morrison, Ralph Nader, Willie Nelson, Paul Newman, Mice Nichols, Jack Nicholson, Conan O'Brien, Rosie O'Donnell, Shaquille O'Neal, Al Pacino, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sean Penn, Itzhak Perlman, Bob Pittman, Sidney Poitier, Vladimir Pozner, Anna Quindlen, Cal Ripken Jr., Dennis Rivers, Chris Rock, Ray Romano, Carlos Santana, Diane Sawyer, Martin Sheen, Ruth Simmons, Carly Simon, Sammy Sosa, Steven Spielberg, George Steinbrenner, Gloria Steinem, Marthha Stewart, Amy Tan, Julie Taymor, Twyla Tharp, Ted Turner, Mike Wallace, Vera Wang, Wendy Wasserstein, Maxine Waters, Venus Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Wolfe, and the Dalai Lama. Contributors: Muhammad Ali, Christine Amanpour, Stephen Ambrose, Jennifer Aniston, Lance Armstrong, Candice Bergen, Jeff Bezos, David Boies, Tom Brokaw, Mel Brooks, Barbara Bush, Laura Bush, President Jimmy Carter, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chuck Close, Kenneth Cole, Bill Cosby, Katie Couric, Cindy Crarford, Walter Cronkite, Cameron Crowe, Billy Crystal, Ellen DeGeneres, Barry Diller, Peter Doherty, Phil Donahue, Michael Eisner, Daniel Ellsberg, Betty Ford, Diane von Furstenberg, Frank Gehry, Richard Gephardt, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Rudolph Giuliani, Whoopie Goldberg, William Goldman, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Matt Groening, Uta Hagen, Scott Hamilton, Mia Hamm, David Ho, Ariana Huffington, James Jeffords, Philip Johnson, Quincy Jones, Andrea Jung, David E. Kelley, Billie Jean King, Ted Koppel, Ralph Lauren, Ang Lee, John Leguizamo, Jay Leno, Maya Lin,