I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history.

Real love isn't ever ambivalent.

I'm not religious, but I like God and he likes me.

So I think I'll say the obvious thing: theater is ephemeral. When a production is done, it's gone forever. You can take pictures of it. You can make a film of it. But it's not the production. It's not the same thing.

Torture yourself about your failures. And then get back to work.

Gay TV has been immensely important in transforming American culture in a more gay-positive direction.

I go into any movie that's historical fiction thinking, 'OK, I'm here to watch a work of art, something delivering a series of opinions, and if it's a good work of art, these opinions become so deeply embedded in complexity and richness that I won't even be bothered by the opinions. I'll make my own mind up.'