'Pandering:' Heidi Fleiss Memoir

Raised in an upper-middle class California family with five brothers and sisters, Heidi Fleiss seemed an unlikely candidate to become the world's famous Madam.

By the age of 25, Heidi was employing hundreds of call girls and making millions of dollars a year.

In 1997, at the age of 32, she was arrested for pandering, money laundering, and tax evasion. After serving 21 months in jail and the remainder of her time in a halfway house, Fleiss was free in 1999.

Today, nearly 10 years after she was first arrested, Heidi Fleiss has written a memoir of sort called "Pandering."

The coffee-table book is more like a giant scrapbook than an autobiography. It doesn't really name names but it offers report cards, press clippings, business cards, arrest warrants, wire-tap transcripts, testimonials from former call girls (who recount gifts of apartments, $30,000 tips, trips to castles in the Riviera, and more.

She also includes sage quotes about life from Einstein and Victor Hugo, and some quotes on her philosophy on life, friendship, loyalty, betrayal, relationships, sex, court-transcripts from her state trial, and definition on what a prostitute is.

The epigraph to her book reads in her own handwriting:

"If you're going to run an illegal business, you better be driving the best car, living in the biggest house, f--ing the best looking people, and spending every dollar you make because sooner or later you're going to get caught."

And toward the end of the book she writes, "Someone once told me that Frank Sinatra was the loneliest man on earth. When it comes down to it, you can only count on yourself and your family. No matter what anyone ever says to me, I know I am alone in the world. My family will always be there for me, but other than that, I can only count on myself. I have been disappointed to, lied to and betrayed by some of the people I believed in the most. All this has only reinforced my feelings of loneliness. I have no choice but to be strong and see a bigger picture. I still wear my heart on my sleeve and keep an open mind. All I can do is try to be a better person, learn from my mistakes, and wish well on others. It is best to mind your own business and focus on getting ahead in life, not bringing other people down."

Soon Paramount will release a film portraying her life, titled "Pay the Girl." Nicole Kidman will star in the title role. This is not the first time Fleiss' life will be on the big screen. After she was arrested, Nick Broomfield shot his memorable 1996 documentary, "Heidi Fleiss, Hollywood Madam."