HIV-positive people can lose custody of their children, lose their housing, and face intimate partner violence.

Now people with HIV are no longer dying, but living many years - we are around longer to potentially affect others.

Decriminalizing bodies - this is a big and growing movement.

More often than not, media coverage now mentions HIV-positive people in criminal contexts.

The phenomenon of HIV criminalization is so much more massive than people understand.

In the '80s and '90s, there was some degree of compassion for people with HIV because there was visible human suffering.

There are laws that only apply to people with HIV - we're becoming a viral underclass.

Rhetoric paints with a broad brush.

A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for the community'.

People's opinions don't interfere with me.

The spectator is a dying animal.

If I wore a low-cut dress or showed my cleavage or did lad's mags, people would make such a big deal. That has stopped me from doing it, but I would if it felt right.

one hundred percent of the bishops who oppose the repeal of anti-abortion laws are men and one hundred percent of the people who have abortions are women.

Humor is important for is pacing. If your whole book is just drama drama drama, it's going to wear down the reader.

My wife can look at me in a certain way and I can tell by her eyes how she's feeling about me or when I should stop talking about something. It's kind of the way twins have their own thing.

These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television.

The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.