I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.

I don't think somebody can just, like, wave a magic wand and make you a star.

In the late '60s and '70s, when feminism was on the up sweep, there was an awareness of things that we're losing again.

Barbara Bush has her finger on the pulse of America. Im so glad shes back and more compassionate than ever, ... Thats right, of course people just sat around New Orleans, boring, uninspired, soulless New Orleans, and dreamed of someday relocating to the Astrodome. Oh, dear Lord, if only I could leave my unhappy existence and head on up to wonderful Houston and live with my friends side by side in a spacious football stadium, my life would be so much richer and complete.

Things are so scary and intimidating with AIDS and the right wing that people are looking for somebody to just give them safe harbors.

Growing up in the '60s and the '70s, things certainly seemed more simplistic and easier to digest.

I've become this sort of icon for the gay community. I don't like the position.