106 Quotes by Dustin Lance Black

I wrote 'Milk' for me. I wrote it for the younger version of me that had no clue that there are people who'd ever fought for my rights.

Most of my family is still active in the Mormon Church. They live in Utah and Provo and Orem and Salt Lake City.

Do I think J. Edgar Hoover was gay? Yes. Do I think he cross-dressed? No.

You're either Mormon or Southern Baptist in my family. They're incredibly conservative and I love my family.

I probably saw 'When Harry Met Sally' for the first time in college.

To be gay means you are drawn to the same sex. You can be gay and abstinent. But it's a part of who you are, an identity, not an act.

And the film that I've seen a million times is 'When Harry Met Sally' with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, and directed by Rob Reiner.

I say to my pupils, 'You can pitch me any thing you've got, but tell me why you're the only person who can write it in the world. Keep digging.'

Here's the thing with 'When Harry Met Sally,' it doesn't matter how many times you watch it, it's always interesting, and you're always identifying with a different scene in the movie - at least I am.