Writers will happen in the best of families.

Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution?

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.

Writers are the moral purifiers of the culture. We may not be pure ourselves but we must tell the truth, which is a purifying act.

If critics want to help me, let them come sit next to me while I'm writing.

Do not judge. Never presume to judge another human being anyway. That's up to heaven.

Gossip is irresponsible communication.