I Think Most Men, Heterosexual And Homosexual,

I Don't Know How To Sit Outside Myself And Test Against A Hypothetical Self Who Stayed Home.

It Was Difficult Being A Teacher And Out Of The Closet In The '50s. By The Time I Retired, The English Department Was Proud Of Having A Gay Poet Of A Certain Minor Fame. It Was A Very Satisfactory Change!

I Notice That Students, Particularly For Gay Students, It's Too Easy To Write About My Last Trick Or Something. It's Not Very Interesting To The Reader.

When I First Started Teaching At Berkeley In 1958, I Could Not Announce That I Was Gay To Anybody, Though Probably Quite A Few Of My Fellow Teachers Knew.

A Literary Influence Is Never Just A Literary Influence. It's Also An Influence In The Way You See Everything - In The Way You Feel Your Life.