The former police chief of Houston once said of me: \"Frank Abagnale could write a check on toilet paper, drawn on the Confederate States Treasury, sign it \'U.R. Hooked\' and cash it at any bank in town, using a Hong Kong driver\'s license for identification.\"

Remember what being an adult is: It has nothing to do with money or awards.

I made a lot of exits through side doors, down fire escapes or over rooftops. I abandoned more wardrobes in the course of five years than most men acquire in a lifetime. I was slipperier than a buttered escargot.

I always tell people what I did 50 years ago as a teenager is now 4,000 times easier to do today than when I did it. Technology breeds crime - it always has and it always will. There\'s always going to be people willing to use technology in a negative, self-serving way. So today it\'s much easier, whether it\'s forging checks or getting information. People go on Facebook and tell you what car they drive, their mother\'s name, where you are going on vacation, where you\'ve been on vacation. There\'s nothing you can\'t research in a matter of a couple of minutes and find out about someone.