For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure.

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I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to...

But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to...

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's...

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's...

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out...

I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out...

I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.

I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.

Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock...

Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock...

I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role...

I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role...

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not...

I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not...

I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can...

I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can...

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up...

The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up...

When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe...

When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe...

I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's...

I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's...

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak...

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak...

My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I...

My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I...

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest...

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest...

I can't imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you've made a...

I can't imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you've made a...