To almost die is to know that one day you will, and to never again feel the same about anything.

When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.

America is the most violent democracy in the world. It's something that's met with great shock, horror, and mystery when I travel to other countries. They ask, Why are there so many shootings in America? Why does everyone own a gun?

Being gay is just one aspect of my very complicated life. I do not wear it on my sleeve.

Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air.

I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person.

I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.