I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies.

My only foray into anything stock-market-related was in my eighth grade social studies class. I have steered clear ever since.

Before the eighth grade, I probably went to seven or eight different schools.

In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.

I almost got kicked out of eighth grade for selling 'Playboy.'

I've kissed in the rain so many times. I think one of my first kisses was in the rain. It was in Washington, D.C., with some kid named Dash, in eighth grade. It was in the rain.