I certainly didn't emerge from prison regretting anything I ever wrote, nor did I feel remorse for my crime in the least.

The criticism that has most consistently bothered me is the allegation that I'm a schlockmeister whose only objective is to shock people.

I'm alive, happier than I've ever been, and I'm doing exactly what I want.

If I’d been talking about black trash, I might be lynched. If I was talking about white trash, I’d merely be another torchbearer in an ongoing national lynching.

People can be so heartless and dirty.

Homosexuality is genetically hardwired but race and gender are only ideas. OK. Just trying to keep up.

"Liberating" is a gay word, so let's phrase it this way: I know everything about me and still manage to be good friends with myself, so nothing anyone says that's truthful about me ever bothers me.