"Why is being outed such a big deal? When I find out that someone's gay, my respect for them increases tenfold."

“A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.”

Source : "A Wonderful Life : 50 Eulogies to Lift the Spirit" by Cyrus M. Copeland, (p. 190), 2006.

“The one who tried too hard, the outsider, the oddball. Yeah, that was me.”

“The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing.”

“When you play so many outcasts and derelicts, or even a murderer, you need to play someone healthy.”

Source : "Sheriff Dearborn Hates Them Vamps". Interiview with Matt Fowler, www.ign.com. May 12, 2009.

“I spent 15 minutes writing Stand By Your Man, and a lifetime defending it.”

Source : "Mini Bio/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege.”

“I see the dance being used as a means of express what is too deep, too fine for words.”

“One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again.”