I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.

You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.

Life is too mysterious to try to map it out. I've certainly lived long enough to know it will take you places you never thought it would take you - and some of those places are kind of wonderful.

You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.

The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.