I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn't directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other. ↗
I deliberately decided to write a kind of guide to leather bars for straight people, for people not into leather, so that people could see what it was all about. ↗
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 to write, I was aware of being queer, but I didn't write about it. Queer poems would probably not have been accepted by the editors I sent them to. ↗
I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are. ↗