We're all here at the same time and we should celebrate that.

My father was a pedant and a bully who cared about nobody, and I was not to see him until I was eighteen.

I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall.

It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress.

But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive.

Men spend their whole lives showing that they're strong and silent. They fight for independence the way women struggle to connect.

We have many cases of men committing suicide rather than face their own individuality. I know of no case of a woman who committed suicide because she was gay.