The film [Dream of Life] doesn't hide anything, except maybe moments of sorrow or darkness that belonged to me.

The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn't an active part of it because I was more concerned with my own mental pursuits.

I think guys are more emotional. Men are supposed to be the strong ones, they have pressure on them to be strong, but when it comes to sex men are much more emotional than women.

Grief isn't all tears.

Angel looks down at him and says, “Oh, pretty boy, Can't you show me nothing but surrender?

I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss.

I was like one of the boys in school who flap their legs frantically under the desk. I always had this weird feeling between my legs and I had no idea what it was. I didn't know girls masturbated. I never touched myself or anything.