Edmund White

Nothing lasts in New York. The life that is lived there, however, is as intense as it gets.

The culmination of a long struggle was 2013, which could clearly be labeled the Year of the Gay. State after state had legalized gay marriage, despite intense opposition from the religious right.

Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

Everything for me becomes allegory.

You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of other approaches.