I just wanted friends. I just wanted people to like me. I just wanted for things to be simple and good. So, for five years I actively sought out mediocrity.

I was a good student, I was good at soccer, I was vice president of the student council, I was a pretty girl.

I always wear something slightly masculine.

As I grew older, I developed a very innate passion for art. I was actually pretty good at it.

When I was young I was soft spoken and a little bit timid and passive. My dream then was to be a ballerina or a figure skater - something very delicate.

There are jobs to be created on both sides of the climate argument. Whether we are investing in oil or sun, coal or wind, gas or algae, the economy will be stimulated by the investment. The economy, unlike each of us, is not swayed by ideology.

My family didn't have a lot of money, and I'm grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness.