We can't take a step backwards when we've already made so many strides forward. I was raised by gay men and women...it's who I am, you cannot define a family. There are children out there who need these loving homes. These are rights that are fundamental and must be had. And I will fight for however long it takes; I don't want to live in a world where prop 8 exists!

I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.

I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and it's raining, and I'm with the person I love, and I know I'm at the very point I've been dreaming of getting to.

From my perspective, there's no reason to be afraid of aging, because if you age, you're lucky! The alternative is death.

I don't want to sit around and hope good things happen. I want to make them happen.

I just didn't understand the American political system, and I felt really stupid about that.

I think the world offers so many wonderful varieties of obstacles, but that shouldn't be one for kids - is the worry that 'my parents wont be there.'