I Hate Overweight, Because It Implies That

I Learned How To Sign Because When I Was Growing Up In California In Order To Get Into College You Needed Two Semesters Of Language To Get Into A University Of California School.

Handsome, Thin, Sophisticated Men Often Fall Madly In Love With Larger Women, We Just Never See It On Tv.

My Parents Have Always Been Offended By My Weight, Embarrassed Maybe. It Didn't Fit With Their Sensibilities

I Was Scared, Because I Knew That In The Political Arena, You Have To Satisfy So Many Different Types Of People At Once, And I Wasn't Sure That I Could Speak For Everybody And Be Politically Correct.

One Of My Earliest Memories Is Of My Father Carrying Me In One Arm With A Picket Sign In The Other.