I appreciate your giving my book -- and in no small way, me -- a chance. To thank you, I really wanted to acknowledge all of you in the book. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough room for each name. So I've put in a code name that stands for all of you reading this book. The name is 'Mom.' It will be our little secret. So when you see 'Mom' in the acknowledgments, you'll know I'm really talking about you. And don't let my mother try to tell you otherwise.

I'm so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!

When the message out there is so horrible that, to be gay, you can get killed for it... we need to change the message!!

It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.

We're just trying to find happiness in the bodies and minds we were given, like everyone else.

I have a great career, and I have wonderful fans who really are supportive and loyal - because I'm not hiding anything from them.

My cat, Ethel, is an indoor cat but somehow she's sneakin' out at night. 'Cause the other morning I found a stamp on her paw... I wouldn't have noticed myself, but I just bought this new black light and she passed right under it and I said, 'Hey, what's that on you paw?