Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.

I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom.

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.

Perhaps there is no agony worse than the tedium I experienced waiting for Something to Happen.

Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.

Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.

I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.

I believed I was invincible.

I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.

If it is true, if it is beautiful, if it is honorable, if it is right, then claim it. Because it is from God. And you belong to God.

Learning is the first quality of acceptance and vice versa

All this misjudgment that we have of each other is based on ignorance. The second you get to travel, you see that human beings, no matter where they come from, they are the same.

I have kids and I want to have a long life and there are certain things that are conducive to that and certain things that aren't. I've opted for the road of happiness and long life.

The Constitution is what the judges say it is, every time.

I know how hard it is to live your life with your wounds exposed to heal other people

The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.

Bill Knott's poems are . . . rhetorical fluff . . . and fake.

Donald Trump's meeting with the president of Mexico comes after months of bashing that country and its political leadership. Trump has called the Mexican government corrupt and dishonest.

Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.