One of the problems with technology is that no photograph, as superb and outstanding as it may be, will ever be as satisfying as the most middle-rate painting.

Ageism is the racism of the gay world. We really believe that age-and all of our fears that it carries-will "rub off" on us, the way that racists once believed blackness would.

Stay up and listen to lightening. If there is no lightening around, stay up and listen to nothing. Just listen to the sheer joy of your thoughts trans-versing from one corner of your brain to the next.

There are two things in life that money cannot buy: health and happiness. Aside from that, it does an excellent job.

Remember that that "rude awakening" which your parents and well-meaning relatives threatened you with as a kid is better than no awakening at all.

Eat without the TV going on. Learn to appreciate food with only the entertainment of conversation-yours and someone else's.

We think of death and loss as tragic twins, but in fact it is loss that hurts us.