I'm an agnosto-theist. I cross myself on airplanes. I pray when I'm sick. When you're sick I'll keep you in my thoughts; when I'm sick, I'm entreating a higher power.

Today's unspeakable perversion is tomorrow's kink, is next week's good clean fun

every relationship you are in will fail, until one doesn't

We all have our scars. That's what falling is love is all about: revealing your scars to somebody who then loves you anyway.

I have a thick skin, but I have a heart.

Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.

One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.

I think abortion should be mandatory for about 30 years.

A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.

I don't write about my life in my column.

the truth is often a mixed message

...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces....

People often mistake their imagination for their heart, & so often are convinced they are converted as soon as they start thinking of becoming converted.

The world is full of talkers, but it is rare to find anyone who listens. And I assure you that you can pick up more information when you are listening than when you are talking.

At least to pray is left - is left Oh Jesus - in the Air - I know not which thy chamber is - I'm knocking everywhere.

If you get old fashioned enough, you'll always be in style.

A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

I have a good time watching Nick At Night with the old shows on there. I love to see I Love Lucy, although I've seen them many, many times. I think it's a security factor, it's like your blanket.

If I run or breathe too deep, the cheap stitches holding me together will snap, and all the stickiness inside will pour out and burn through the concrete.

The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right.

The state of mind which I put myself when I tell a story is one in which superstition flourishes very easily. And I welcome that because it helps me.