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 believed I was invincible.

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

We will see every human beings as Christ and we will help Hindus to be better Hindus, Muslims to be better Muslims, and Christians to be better Christians"(Mother Teresa).

Why do Twolegs do anything? If we knew that, our lives would be a lot easier.

Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world. Fiat money in extremis is accepted by nobody. Gold is always accepted.

A great country ought not to make little wars.

Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she's out there, she's tough.

Knowing when to say something and when not to say something is important.

I believe in living in the present and making each day count. I don't pay much attention to the past or the future.

Mexico doesn't seem alien to Californians.

Doing a job badly and then getting someone in to sort it out can be much more expensive than getting someone in to do the job properly in the first place.