I'm sure I will cause tremendous seismic shifts in the culture again.

I'm not asking that people accept homosexuality. I'm not asking that they believe like I do that it's inborn. I'm not asking that. All I'm saying is don't let these children suffer without a family because of your bias.

If civil disobedience is the way to go about change, than I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco

When someone comments on my weight, I have to work hard to stand in front of the mirror and say, "This is who you are. You're okay in this lady, and you're a great, healthy, lovable and loving person." I try to accept myself.

The gray has gone away. I am living in bright Technicolor.

I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane.

I'd always admired writers. I'd always loved words on a page. Somehow, words seemed to bypass image and get straight to the heart of things. Somehow, words seemed big enough to contain pain, and sentences could pull broken bits together.