My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries.

For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys' clothes, played tag football.

I don't let guys do hickeys. That's like a dog marking his territory or something.

My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death.

We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events.

TV can be a long commitment.

My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries.