As a teenager, you have so much energy and hormones and you feel powerless in your life.

Love is a vulnerable thing. Falling in love is like a great drug. But then to really be known and really let someone else be known is very vulnerable. It's a weird thing.

You always have to sign contracts for several years, if they want to pick you up. It's kind of a strange scenario. They have the option or not.

It's always beautiful to see people striving to grow.

I grew up with a lot of spirituality. It wasn't necessarily organized religion, because my mom was Jewish and my dad was Muslim. I went to Catholic school. There was a lot of conversation about comparative religions.

The truth is even though we sort of feel like we have equal rights in America, right under the surface we have huge issues at play that really do affect women. It's time for all the women in America and all the women that love women and all the gay people and the people of color that we've all fought for to fight for us now.

I hope some of your DNA transferred to me.