The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up a friendship with one of his fans, an abused 14-year-old teenager who is suffering from AIDS, who does not have much longer to live.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

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 surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life

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.

I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends.