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"I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's easier to get to the truth by not claiming that you are speaking it. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir."
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"For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure."
"I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's easier to get to the truth by not claiming that you are speaking it. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir."
"I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them."
"I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers."
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"But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children."
"But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wrecking their lives with addiction, which seems much more severe."
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