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

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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 consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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'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...

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 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.

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...

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

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...

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'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...

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...