The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Madame Curie and Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver and on and on and on.

Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

I couldn't describe how little interest I have in men. Or I could - but I don't think that it would be appropriate.

I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.

I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.