Penicillin was as liberating for gay sex as the pill had been for straight sex.
Being a Boy Scout saved my life. I was a bookish, introverted kid, shy and withdrawn, unhappy and easily bullied. I was also gay, although I didn't know it yet. I should've been miserable. But being a scout got me out of myself and into the world.
There was no point in doing art if you were going to be second-rate.
Weโre happier when the assholes are villains.
Imaginative writers often project their own monsters and meanings on basic facts.
Stories have the ability to take us inside all kinds of life.