I believed I was invincible.

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.

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

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

Stand up for what is right even if it means standing alone.

I feel like I could disappear because I'm not real to other people.

Sometimes your own tongue can make you deaf and dumb.

Never bet your money on another man's game.

I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the 'L' out of me.

Every offense is avenged on earth.

Republican voters already hated Democrats so much that [Bill] Clinton and [Barack] Obama didn't really have much impact.

I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. Thats my nature.

The secret of getting along with people is that of postponing quarrels.

One of life's regrets is that you didn't always tell the truth, and now it's too late, because the truth has changed.