I'm a good shot and I love guns - I own several.

I grew up just outside of Austin, and my upbringing was fairly rural.

Reading keeps me sane. Growing up, it was my scape, my alternative; it provided both rebellion and peace.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

There is a common, puritanical way that we look at things where, if it involves sexuality, somehow the women must be compromised. It's just chauvinistic to deny women their sexuality. It's about empowering. It comes down to choices. If the choices are available and they're making that choice, they're not being exploited.

I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.

I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.