I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend. But with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me.

What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?

I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman.

There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.

The difference between those who adapted and those who didn’t, Gorton said, was a willingness to totally commit.

He had a voice you couldn’t miss: strong and penetrating with strange vowels that sounded different from the accents of other English speakers even to me. I later discovered that he was Canadian.

For the hundreds of thousands of Californians in gay and lesbian households who are managing their day-to-day lives, this decision affirms the full legal protections and safeguards I believe everyone deserves.