John Rechy quotes:

I'm Mexican-American, but for a long time I was pushed out of any references to Mexican-American writers. It was easier to come out as a gay man than it was to come out as a Mexican-American.

Writing is hustling of another kind.

Gay men should not adopt the sophomoric model of heterosexual dating; gay men should always have sex first.

Just the absence of loneliness. That's love enough.