I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

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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...

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...

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 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...

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'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...

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the...

But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the...

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

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...

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

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 think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.

I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did...

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did...

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...

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 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 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...

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate...

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate...