Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression.

Human beings tolerate what they understand they have to tolerate.

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height and intelligence were graces for him and gaucheries for me

I'm a non-believer. I don't believe in the existence of a God. I don't believe in the Christian dogma. I find it horrifyingly silly. The intolerance that flows from organized religion is the most dangerous thing on the planet.

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so.