I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays.

My parents were hippies. I'm the eldest of eight children.

Simultaneously, my two biggest heroes are Susan Sontag and Morticia Addams from 'The Addams Family.'

I wrote my first play when I was eight.

The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.

My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.