I think there are strands in all of our lives that can be seen if we step back to recognize them. Coincidence is probably as close as I'll get to having spirituality. I do see patterns in my life sometimes, and I am thrilled by what I see. I don't think I'm going to have any further shot at it after death, and I don't think there's anybody upstairs orchestrating it for me, but I do think it happens. If there are miracles in my life, they are rooted in the fact of coincidence.

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.

If I had my way...We would lock ourselves away from that madness out there.

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

Outing is a nasty word for telling the truth.

I think a lot of gay people who are not dealing with their homosexuality get into right- wing politics.

Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on." The older woman poured herself a glass of sangria. "Screw that," she said quietly. "What?" "Screw that. Wash your mouth out. Who taught you that half-assed existential drivel?