I'm not denying Christ by not being Christian. I'm a theist, which involves expanding on the Christ narrative.

When one person mentors, two lives are changed.

[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a big difference.

When I graduated [from Yale], I went back to Larry [Kramer]. But when I go to Yale reunions, there are still people who call me David.

Calvin [Trillin] was much more of a mover and a shaker. That's all I'm saying. I was a "weenie." That was another term back then.

That's why I tried to kill myself when I was a student [in Yale]. I thought I was the only one there.

I'm sorry to keep focusing on the New Yorker, but everybody who was growing up when Calvin [Trillin] and I were growing up wanted to be published in the New Yorker.

I talked to [Larry] Kramer a little bit about it while I was writing 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was one of those people who took a long time to come out.

"Shoe" just meant you were a big jock on campus no matter what field you were in.

[Calvin Trillin] was very "shoe," which means he was a big jock, a big deal.

One thing I learned in sobriety is to stop being judgmental, to always be discerning. When I drive, that will be my bumper sticker.

Something potent, something that fused them together, that made her beginning entwine with his end, passed between them. He'd marked her his.And she didn't want to fight it.

When left alone with her, I ignored her and kept my eyes on my book, though I confess I turned over more pages than I read.

Man asks and God replies but we don't understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.

Those who meet objections to their forcing their religion on others with cries of 'Show respect!' clearly have no grasp of irony.

What other people do shouldn't affect you - we do things because of the kind of person we each want to be

Now I understand why King Stannis let the wildlings through the Wall. He means for us to eat them.

Goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.

A bully is fighting out of a need to dominate. And is usually unwilling to take the consequences.

Even if you finish the year at No. 1 in the world, and Tiger Woods has done this, you can still probably get better.

I've always been pretty confident. I grew up in a family of strong women, so I was always taught to be proud of who I am, the way I am.