I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and say they are as normal or as worthy as acceptance as others, the people who are on the fringe don't like that and they will come after you. And they have come after me.

Originally, 'Popular' was going to be a movie.

I started off as a journalist when I was young and I did not get paid unless I wrote three stories a day.

Tone is everything in TV.

You know, I'm very particular about my sheets. They have to be one hundred percent cotton, with a high thread count. Only cotton. No flannel.

I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and say they are as normal or as worthy as acceptance as others, the people who are on the fringe don't like that and they will come after you. And they have come after me.

I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me to get a scholarship.