It never occurred to me to write anything that didn't include gay characters in it.

I think outsiders sometimes produce the best fictional perspectives on reality because they're set apart from it, so they have a unique view from the border.

If you aren't following your bliss, there is a discrepancy in your psychology that needs to be healed, it needs to be mended.

I think dragging someone out of the closet who isn't necessarily engaged in anti-gay activities can have a destructive effect on them and on us. I don't want unwilling gay people advocating on my behalf; I think that's a challenge.

Make a beautiful mess and clean it up later.

It never occurred to me to write anything that didn't include gay characters in it.

My experience of coming out was very much centered around the bar scene. And what happened for me is that when I turned 18 and was old enough to get into certain gay bars in the French Quarter, I became a regular customer.