Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.

Early numbers are always wrong.

It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car.

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.

It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.