It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself.

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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...

For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time...

For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time...

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

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...

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...

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 tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

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...

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 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...

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

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...

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

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'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.

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 drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

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

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.

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 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...