It never occurred to me that I couldn't change things that needed changing or couldn't have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough

There's something so muffled about the way you experience things. It's as if you were trying to slip through life unchanged.

When someone is kissing you passionately, you feel passionate!

When I'm really hot, I can walk into a room and if a man doesn't look at me, he's probably gay.

I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate

I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.