I like crazy shoes or unusual cowboy boots and I collect big belt buckles.

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

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

But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.

Life brings with it strangeness and surprises and upsets

On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.

I've always believed human blood is red because it really needs to draw attention to itself.