Many people secretly think that gays are a lot happier than they are, and want to punish them.

Coming out to gays is a way of affirming sanity and self-worth.

I try not to deal with people's hostility, though I must if they have something I need from them, as the professors did at Columbia or my landlord did.

I think Americans are a lot smarter than many give them credit for.

I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall.

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.