“Gay writers now have both a sense of history and the fables that allow...” — Tony Kushner Quote

“Gay writers now have both a sense of history and the fables that allows them to dwell in the realms of the ridiculous and at the same time talk seriously about things.”

“I write plays and movies, I live and work at the borderline between word and image just as any cartoonist or illustrator does. I'm not a pure writer. I use words as the score for kinetic imagistic representations.”

“I grew up in a small Southern town, and there were white people and black people. Coming to New York to go to Columbia, every time I went into the subway I was absolutely astounded because you see people from all over the world who actually live here - who aren't just here as tourists.”

“The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long.”

“I dwell in the past.”

“A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.”