Consider the "new" woman. She's trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She's supposed to be a ruthless winner at work and a bundle of nurturing sweetness at home.

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.

I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well in terms of understanding plot, in terms of watching actors develop characters.

I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun.

The last thing I have to say is that ice is the past tense of water. I've always wanted to write that sentence and now I have.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.