Susan Isaacs books and screenplays, Isaacs has reviewed fiction and nonfiction for "The New York Times", the "Los Angeles Times", "The Washington Post", and "Newsday". She belongs to the National Book Critics Circle. Isaacs has written about politics, including a series of essays on the 2000 presidential campaign for "Newsday". She has also authored op-eds and articles on feminism, film, and First Amendment issues. In 1985, Isaacs adapted her own novel for the screenplay of the Paramount film "Compromising Positions", which starred Susan Sarandon and Raul Julia. She wrote and co-produced Touchstone Pictures’ "Hello Again", a 1987 comedy starring Shelley Long, Gabriel
Who I Was Born to Be Who I Was Born to Be "Who I Was Born to Be" is the first original song recorded by Susan Boyle and appears on her multi-platinum debut album "I Dreamed a Dream". The song perfectly fit Susan Boyle's life, so much so that she has performed this song regularly over the years. After decades of trying to be a professional singer, Susan Boyle can truthfully sing "I am who I was born to be." Moreover, the wording was so apt that Susan Boyle adopted a similar title for her autobiography, "The Woman I Was Born to Be". The lyrics were