No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.

I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that I'm on and to relish each day as a gift.

Firefighters, police officers and state troopers place themselves in harm's way every day, every week, every year.

To be able to love and live in freedom means to be able to make godly decisions. To make godly decisions we have to surrender our egos and all the falsity and shame that goes with it.

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself; in fact, confused.

Because of an adulterous affair I shall leave office in November.

I am resigning because my secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable.

I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man.

I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.

I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is.

Just because you love someone, doesn't mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds.

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.

I grew up on a farm where we had one radio station and it was all country.

The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.

Americans think anything you do not get paid for is not worth doing. As a consequence, the things that don't get done are often the most worthwhile.

Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized.

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.

When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle.

Whether we electrons, light quanta, benzol molecules, or stones, we shall always come up against these two characteristics, the corpuscular and the undular.