It's hard to have your parents not happy with you.
I think you're conditioned, especially in America, that there is this line you have to walk down. Anybody who wants to move off that path at any point in their life is my hero. Anybody who goes off that path has to wrestle with that.
I'm not macho. I'm very open about things. I don't try to hide my feelings.
Boldness comes from curiosity.
There are people that will try to hurt you and hold you down.
You can always be writer. It's not so much a metamorphosis as it is finding what you want.