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

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

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

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

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

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

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!