The penalties for homosexual conduct were - would vary from state to state, but they were - it was a felony in most states punishable with prison terms of varying lengths.

A movement that seeks to advance only its own members is going to accomplish little

Marches work, rallies work, civil disobedience works, direct action works, voting works, writing letters works, speaking to churches and schools works, rioting works.

I don't even want to go to the Pride marches anymore. The politics have been removed almost entirely. They're just huge corporate showcases.

I believe we are entering into a period of political chaos. Out of that chaos is the potential for great evil, but there is also the possibility of great good.

This is a terrible time to be young, I think. It's really hard.

If I had to say what my one greatest achievement is, it's that I lasted, and I'm still happy. I hope that comes through.

People who say that violence doesn't accomplish anything have not read history. I don't celebrate that reality, but there you have it.

A whole lot of the way identity politics has gone seems to me to deny empathy.

Any social movement that seeks to benefit only its own members I think is a shallow movement and probably doomed to failure.

Film really is a collaborative art.

I wish to weepbut sorrow isstupid.I wish to believebut belief is agraveyard.

There is a harbour to be reached, after the storm has abated!

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

Art is the greatest opportunity to admire the human mind!

The introvert's anthem for not wanting to hang out is 'It's not you

You think the dead we love ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?

The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes itself injustice.

Modeling was something that fell into my lap. It was fun to travel and make money, but it always seemed like a hobby.

Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.

I don't write songs, songs write me. ... Writing a song can be agony or ecstasy. It can take half an hour or half a year. ... The popular song is America's greatest ambassador.