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

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.

sex has never been private and it never will be. We perform the act in private but we must be public about the connection. Sex is how we pass down worldly goods. It's how we create the primary unit of our society, the couple. ... This rule applies to gay people as well as straight people. ... The community absolutely must know who is straight, who is gay, who is married, and who is single. Without that information we make painful mistakes and lose time.

When God made man she was practicing.

Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.

In America the word revolutionary is used to sell pantyhose.

Normal is the average of deviance.