There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos.

I don't think there is a 'gay lifestyle.' I think that's superficial crap, all that talk about gay culture. A couple of restaurants on Castro Street and a couple of magazines do not constitute culture. Michelangelo is culture. Virginia Woolf is culture. So let's don't confuse our terms. Wearing earrings is not culture.

About all you can do in life is be who you are.

People aren't grapes - you can't weigh them in a bunch, but I guess it's easier than dealing with people as individuals.

Never hope for it more than you work for it.

Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.

Never let money control you. I'd rather see someone spend every red cent and relish his/her life than scrimp, obsess, and pinch the pennies. There's something repugnant about a person who centers his life around money.