I would be a better, faster, and more faithful writer of letters and e-mails, and returner of phone calls.

My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.

I would erase my fear of dying, but I suppose that would be erasing some of my human condition.

silver bullet is probably incentives. I think that if corporate America really said, "you're not going to get your full bonus if you don't have a diverse team working for you," I think we'd see some changes, really, really fast.

Mean-spiritedness and the inability to set and respect boundaries.

At the SAG awards in 2016. I remember going into that night saying to myself, “I might not be here again; let me be fully in the moment.” The cast of Orange Is the New Black won the acting-ensemble award for the second year in a row, and I was there with a man I truly loved. That night was everything I had always dreamed about.

Leontyne Price gives me life. She broke racial barriers with inimitable poise, grace, and excellence, as well as unbelievable focus and vision.

Thinking that I am less-than. That thinking is cunning, baffling, and insidious, and I must guard against it every hour of every day.

Being homeless.

Cuddling in bed on a Sunday morning with the man I love. Also, applause and standing ovations.