My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn…

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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...

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...

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 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'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...

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...

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...

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

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 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 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...

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 tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

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'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...

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

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 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.