My first cat was named Cowboy, after the Dallas Cowboys.

I don't think I'm portrayed in the media the way I really am - but then who is?

Not Shakespeare. In college I took a Shakespeare class because I was an English major, and they had a Summer program called Shakespeare at Winedale, which is out in the German Hill country in Texas , where you go out and live for two months and then you perform three plays at the end of that time.

I care what people who know me think of me.

I'm just not political. I have opinions, but there's nothing about the process that has ever interested me. I'm 22, and this is the first interview I've ever done in my life.

I think I've become more like my mom just because of what we're both interested in, children and teaching and writing.

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.