Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity.

I don't have a religion because I don't like that word religion.

When you're writing something and you know it's good, you get flushed, you can feel the blood coursing through your veins, you feel alive, all your nerve endings stand up, something just clicks.

When you are raised to believe that anything having to do with sex is forbidden and taboo, then of course that's all you want to know about. That becomes your complete and utter fascination. That is the surest way to interest a child.

I think after time goes by and you earn certain rights or you break through certain barriers, you could sometimes, maybe, take it for granted what you have now that you didn't have before. And then that would lead to a certain lack of community, in a way, caring in a way, that I saw before [in gay society].

I like talking; I like playing with the audience.

I was never satisfied with casual encounters, I can't hide my need for two hearts that bleed with burning love.