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I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.
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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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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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It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself.
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The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.
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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 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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The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up a friendship with one of his fans, an abused 14-year-old teenager who is suffering from AIDS, who does not have much longer to live.
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I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.
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I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his fame limited his freedom. You get kinder as you go along.
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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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I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.
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