being homosexual doesn't determine a man's whole character any more than being heterosexual does.
People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist privilege to see how odd everyone is.
To be a complete victim may be another source of power.
Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.
What makes you imagine ... that anything of importance can be taught in a school?
The theatre is a tragic place, full of endings and partings and heartbreak.