I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related.

When I was 8, my favorite toy was a stapler. My brother was afraid of me.

I squirrel away sealed greeting cards that people give me so I can open them later when I'm having a bad day.

The only important thing in this life is to figure out how to use the experiences that you have to make the world a better place.

Rob Lowe is a sportsman and a ladykiller and it's impossible to be in a scene with him and not immediately begin to play tennis.

I never wear pants in my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss wearing pants. For the first time in my life, I miss my pants.