Quotes About Courage

Am I really one of those who has to go to everyone else's back garden to get a fight? I believe I'm bigger than that really.

Maybe I've limited my opportunities by being so open about my sexuality, but my thinking is that, if I come out of the gates this way, then it's not really going to be a big deal in a couple of years.

I have my moments when I am down and low. But I gather myself when decisions are to be taken.

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

I am gay. I've had two boyfriends most of my life.

I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.

I knew I was gay at 18, but to come out then would have meant I would not have achieved what I did in rugby. I loved rugby so much and it was so important to me that I made the decision to keep my sexuality secret. People may disagree with that, but it was my belief and my decision.

I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying to people that they should live a lie and not be liberated, to live in fear of being found out.

I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be. For that I have no apologies.

You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think you are gay. It's enough to drive you crazy.

I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.

I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.

I am a gay American.

My mother thought me being gay was a death sentence.

Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was because I didn't want that adjective assigned to my name for all of eternity. You know, gay Rosie O'Donnell.

I'm gay, and I was born this way.

I don't think anyone wants to be gay.

I've been gay since the day I was born.

It's hard being gay in Edwardian times.

From 1968 on, I was pretty much the black, gay SF writer.

I do have a lot of gays in my family now, but some will never come out.

Coming out to gays is a way of affirming sanity and self-worth.

My fight-or-flight mechanism... had served me well in Gaza, in Afghanistan, and all the places I'd been.

As an artist, there are times when you need to take a leap of faith... For me, it's important that the gaze is correct.