It never occurred to me to write anything that didn't include gay characters in it. Christopher Rice More Quotes by Christopher Rice More Quotes From Christopher Rice Everyday is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we've got 24 hours each. Christopher Rice money time inspirational Fear cannot touch me… Christopher Rice shadow darkness fear If you're doing something, if you're following something that is directly at odds with who you are, you've got to slow down and ask yourself why you're following that dream. Christopher Rice down-and odds dream If you aren't following your bliss, there is a discrepancy in your psychology that needs to be healed, it needs to be mended. Christopher Rice bliss psychology needs I'm not a literary writer who is wedded to notions of realism and fiction. I believe that you can write anything if you can feel it convincingly. Christopher Rice writing believe fiction Honestly, in retrospect, I would wish for future generations to have the ability to have a coming out process that was less alcohol-soaked than mine was. Christopher Rice generations alcohol wish Usually when I put my focus on the pacing, the plot, the specific characterizations, - it's ironic - but then I actually increase my chances of writing something that moves people because I haven't become too self-conscious of the goal. Christopher Rice self writing moving I had seen the gay social chronicle done abundantly and done very well. And I didn't want to do any more of that myself, I wanted us to be included in the popular mainstream of entertainment fiction. Christopher Rice gay done fiction This is not an international thriller so much as a fiercely literate attempt to subvert the thriller genre itself. Christopher Rice thriller-genre genre thrillers The good thing about New Orleans is that, overall, it's an accepting place. It's accepting of eccentricity, it's accepting of excess, it's accepting of color, in the sense of culture, not necessarily in the sense of race. Christopher Rice new-orleans color race I think outsiders sometimes produce the best fictional perspectives on reality because they're set apart from it, so they have a unique view from the border. Christopher Rice unique reality thinking I am comfortable calling myself a writer of suspense, or a writer of thrillers; both terms are sort of interchangeable to me. I think that came from a sense of being at conflict with my true nature throughout my youth, and being afraid of discovery, and feeling as if I didn't belong. Christopher Rice feelings discovery thinking I think that I am profoundly influenced by writers who have explored loss, and longing, and fear. Those influences have turned me into a thriller writer, essentially. Christopher Rice influence loss thinking The sort of public sex aspects of gay male sexuality did not appeal to me. And it wasn't just a matter of being afraid of them or being too nervous to try them. I did try them and they didn't work for me, they didn't feed me spiritually, they didn't leave me gratified. Christopher Rice gay trying sex I don't want to judge anyone's sex life - but I worry that those are the only options we are giving to our young people. Christopher Rice giving sex people Ultimately, I felt fortunate, because in many ways I did identify with aspects of being gay that were very stereotypical. I was a big theatre kid in high school, I was creative, I was very emotionally sensitive, even hypersensitive. I loved female divas. Christopher Rice gay kids school I think what has been the ultimate challenge for me is being willing to be honest with myself about what works for me in terms of relationships and sexual relations. In that sense, I was pretty traditional and pretty buttoned down. Christopher Rice honest challenges thinking I made the decision that, to be happy and to be content, I needed to live the life of an exclusive homosexual. I don't mean an elitist homosexual, but I mean someone who is exclusively pursuing partners of the same gender. Christopher Rice live-life decision mean I encourage young people to refrain from putting themselves in dangerous situations in the name of validating themselves sexually. Christopher Rice dangerous-situations names people I am one of those people, and I may be personally biased, who wishes that I had some place to come out of the closet besides a bar. Christopher Rice bars wish people
