"My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short."

Life, Mistake, People, Being

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"My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short."

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"Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9."

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"When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace."

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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."

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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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"Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun."

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"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."

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"I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers."

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"I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value."

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"Things past redress are now with me past care."

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