All I know is this: If you and papa are responsible for the way I am, then I thank you with all my heart, for it is the light and the joy of my life.

Solitude was no reason for sloppiness

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.

There is no fifth destination.

I had been a storyteller by instinct all my life. I was that boring little kid who made the rest of his friends sit around the campfire and listen to his ghost stories. It's been very much a part of my makeup.

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.