Jesus Canchola Sanchez
"The theme of the book is about finding the inner strength to be who you are and allowing children to play freely without judgment."

Matthew-Lee Erlbach
"Part of my work is making the invisible, visible. It is giving a voice to the voiceless. It's going to where the silence is."

Andrew Solomon
"I have wanted to climb Mount Everest."

Justin Sayre
"It’s a labor of love and a way to put a stamp on the development of the show and who we were then."

JD Doyle
"I've been aggressively collecting music by LGBT artists since the 1990s."

Jeff Mann
"I’ve been a fan of Wuthering Heights since high school, and Heathcliff was a dark and tortured early role model for me."

Bruce Vilanch
"If we own it then they can’t mess with it."

Craig Bennett Hallenstein
"I’ve always been a writer, but The Dolphin is my first major project to see the light of day."

Tim Murphy
"To me, there is something heart-stopping about seeing the present through the lens of the past, and vice versa."

James Magruder
"The ego, self-delusion and bravery required to be a stage artist in this country is perpetual comic gold."

Gregg Shapiro
"Because words are so important to me, I would have to say that singer/songwriters rank highest among my favorites."

Raymond Luczak
"What’s so fascinating about Whitman is how much of a harbinger he was of not only the American identity but also of other identities."

Ralph Hamilton
"Joy and laughter are as much a part of life as grief and tears."

Margaret Cho
"I’m trying to incorporate all of the different elements of my work as a performer."

Alan Cumming
"The whole concept of the show was about being authentic and connecting with these songs."

Paul Lisicky
"I used to say I leap genres from book to book so I won’t repeat myself, repeat the same atmosphere, voice, imagery. But this book was different."

Jessica Hopper
"Millennials have much more progressive attitudes about gender and sexuality and identity than any of us did even a decade ago."

Matthew Rettenmund
"I was obsessed with Madonna and Cyndi Lauper and all these `80s people."

Lyric Benson Fergusson
"I grew up with two amazing gay men who I considered my uncles."

Jarrett Neal
"For a long time, many issues concerning black gay men had been tugging at me, things I had observed and experienced."

Rebecca Makkai
"I keep joking that I’m a reincarnated gay man from the 1920s."

Steve Orlando
"We are looking to give a sort of icon to the queer community. It’s vitally important that he’s a gay man in the book. I can’t discount that."

Christine Sneed
"I spend time with creative people whose sexual orientation is different from my own."

Jennifer Morales
"I’ve been saying that Meet Me Halfway is both a love letter and a mugshot."