Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression.

I believe only in art and failure.

Conventions, like clichés, have a way of surviving their own usefulness.

The real power of books is their deep companionability. We learn from them as we learn from the deep companionability of love to know our own hearts and minds better.

Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression.

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

The kinds of good friends I have are people who are perfectly willing to have me say I'll see them in six months, and live right next door.