A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
I am camp. Lots of gay men can't cope with their campness. They are in denial about it.
I always say I'd rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship.
A good rule to remember for life is that when it comes to plastic surgery and sushi, never be attracted by a bargain.
One of the great things about being gay and out is that the papers couldn't care less about your love life.
I have nothing to say about my childhood. It was a perfectly pleasant upbringing - it's not like it was unhappy or anything.
I've heard other gay people say when they were growing up they felt 'foreign. ' Growing up, I was able to label these feelings as: 'I'm a Protestant. ' It wasn't until I left, I thought: 'Oh, those weren't Protestant feelings. '
Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.
A friend is someone who can brighten your day with a simple smile, when others try to do it with a thousand words.
Singularity theory is something that I do believe will come to pass, sooner or later, although whether or not in our lifetime I don't know, and I'm not sitting around waiting for my father to be resurrected. Readers probably have the impression from the book that I'm a lot more a of a techno kook than I actually am. It became a convenient fulcrum in the story, sort of a kaleidoscope through which to address religious and spiritual questions.
It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991