And perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them. Maybe then those who are different would feel more loved, and less, well, tolerated.

I don't think about relatability (when writing), I think about the heart of the character.

Do you know how you get the urge to clean your room, and it’s no big deal? But when your mom tells you that you have to clean your room, you don't want to? That's me, anyway.

Straight people have it so much easier. They don’t understand. They can’t. There’s no such thing as openly straight.

You can be anything you want, but when you go against who you are inside, it doesn't feel good.

The world needs people who are more comfortable standing still. We keep the earth on it axis when everybody else is bouncing around.

Guilt is about something you do. Shame is about who you are.

More and more these days, I'm realizing that I might be crazy, but I'm loved too. I don't think I ever really knew that before, but I do now.

What do you call it when a straight person comes out? ... A conversation

.. And then he remembered that darkness was his best friend and it will always be.

As we look ahead into the future, leaders will be those who serve others, actively listen, and daily empower.

Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all!

The life doesn't simply get erased. It gets imprinted and remembered.

Virture offers the only path in this life that leads to tranquility.

Hand fits giving, so do it, that's what the Gospel said to me. Life fits living, so let your judgments go.

In violence, we forget who we are

I don't really resent being on the red carpet as much as I do having to deal with the paparazzi.

With my wife I get no respect. I fell asleep with a cigarette in my hand. She lit it.

New skin, a new land! And a land of liberty, if that is possible! I chose the geology of a land that was new to me.