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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.

Some things should remain private.

Sexual orientation, color, background - that's what I want people to take away: Anyone can be anything.

People do want to know the personal things. How far is too far to go with personal lives?

I never sit down to write anything personal unless I know the subject is going to go beyond my own experience and address something larger and more universal.

I don't always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I'd like to maintain.

All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.

If you write something that's personal, there's going to be elements of yourself in it.

I like to keep some things to myself, because its called a private life, not public.