Andrew Solomon

Latino kids are not rejected by their parents for being Latino, nor are most Muslims disowned by their parents for being Muslims, but those who are gay are often the target of their families' disapprobation or outright hostility. ”

I think that people are most comfortable when the world is orderly. I think there's the sense that when you begin questioning basic distinctions, such as the distinction between being male and being female, it represents a threat to the social order. ”

Just as Chairman Mao and Joseph Stalin started by going after the intellectuals, against those whose words who might form an opposition to them, so Trump has gone across us. Free speech is first among equals when we look at what is being violated by this new regime. ”

The only way I seem to be able to keep going while I'm writing is to munch my way through boxes of chocolates. ”

Someday, being gay will be a simple fact, free of party hats and blame. But not yet. ”

I am not a great believer in the idea that journalistic neutrality means you have to abandon the people you talk to. ”

Sleep is my great indulgence, and I get eight hours every night. Being chronically overtired raises stress levels in a bad way and is responsible for a lot of depressive breaks. ”

Depression is so exhausting - it takes up so much of your time and energy - and silence about it, it really does make the depression worse. ”

Shutting out the depression strengthens it. While you hide from it, it grows. ”

It's important to say that depression has biological underpinnings, and that while medications do not seem to create irreversible changes in the brain, repeated depressive episodes do. ”