Don't listen when they scoff That you are too old and I am young, For I am old enough to know better And you are young enough not to care.

I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.

Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.

Outing is a nasty word for telling the truth.

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

Oh, Mona, we're all damned fools! Some of us just have more fun with it than others. Loosen up, dear! Don't be so afraid to cry . . . or laugh, for that matter. Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!

I’m pissed off at my Republican family back in North Carolina, several of whom came to my wedding, but who went right back and are voting for homophobes and acting like it doesn’t matter. It does matter and it’s time for the queers in this country to start saying so to their families. I think we’ve all cut them too much slack for far too long.