A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and, in modern drama, Larry Kramer's 'The Normal Heart.'

Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.

I don't understand why I'm not dead. When your heart breaks, you should die

In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead.

The way that same-sex marriage should reach the federal level is that it absolutely should be decided by the Supreme Court as quickly as possible. It's a 14th Amendment issue. There's no argument about it.

Gay TV has been immensely important in transforming American culture in a more gay-positive direction.