You need names to get the movie made.

It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.

We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That's okay.

If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.

We are born as who we are, the gender thing is something that is imposed on you.

By doing the work to love ourselves more, I believe we will love each other better.

There are lessons in everything. The bad, the good. Our job is to listen, and to continue to learn, so that maybe we get better at this. Maybe get better at life.

When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my safety that was threatened.

I believe that when we love someone, we respect them, and we listen to them; we feel that their voice matters. And- we let them dictate the terms of who they are and what their story is.

Whether you're transgender or not, most of us get to a point in our lives where we can no longer lie to ourselves.

When a trans woman gets called a man, that is an act of violence.

Every little deed counts.

Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.

A formal parsing algorithm should not always be used.

The welfare of our children is our main concern, and their best interests are our first priority.

Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.

I've always wanted to lead an ordered, relatively conventional and private life.

Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity. [Lat., Piger scribendi ferre laborem; Scribendi recte, nam ut multum nil moror.]

I've seen hatred and I have seen love. And love is more powerful.

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me.