Morality, Like Language, Is An Invented Structure

This Desert Town Was Man's Own Miracle Of Pure Purposelessness.

The Terrifying Message Of Gay Liberation Is That Men Are Capable Of Loving Their Brothers. It Should Be Sweet News To Every Womanin The World, For, If The Capacity Of Men To Love Whom They Have Been Taught To Treat As Competitors And Enemies Can Transcend Their Education, The World Can Begin To Heal.

Coming Out, All The Way Out, Is Offered More And More As The Political Solution To Our Oppression.

I Remember How Surprised I Was When My First Novel Was About To Be Published And I Was Informed That I Could Be Sued For Anything Any One Of My Characters Said. 'but I Often Don't Agree With What They Say,' I Protested. The Lawyer Was Not Interested In The Clear Distinction I Make Between My Own Voice And The Voices Of My Characters. Neither, I Have Found, Are Many Of My Readers.

It's Not The Length But The Quality Of Life That Matters To Me. It Has Always Been Important To Me To Write One Sentence At A Time, To Live Every Day As If It Were My Last And Judge It In Those Terms, Often Badly, Not Because It Lacked Grand Gesture Or Grand Passion But Because It Failed In The Daily Virtues Of Self-discipline, Kindness, And Laughter. It Is Love, Very Ordinary, Human Love, And Not Fear, Which Is The Good Teacher And The Wisest Judge.