Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them. "
Armistead Maupin
Believe
Age
People
Related Quotes:
" The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up a friendship with one of his fans, an abused 14-year-old teenager who is suffering from AIDS, who does not have much longer to live. "
Armistead Maupin
Friendship
Live
New York
" I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short. "
Armistead Maupin
Mistake
Life
People
" But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children. "
Armistead Maupin
Men
Children
Think
" But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers. "
Armistead Maupin
Communication
Opportunity
World
" I can't imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you've made a strong impact on the lives of other people. Just because I've heard it before does not mean I don't want to hear it one more time. "
Armistead Maupin
Impact
You
Strong
" When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace. "
Armistead Maupin
Learn
Planning
Back
" My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short. "
Armistead Maupin
People
Mistake
Life
" I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's easier to get to the truth by not claiming that you are speaking it. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir. "
Armistead Maupin
Said
Always
Never
" I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it. "
Armistead Maupin
Always
Speak
Pretending
" Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9. "
Armistead Maupin
Maybe
Well
Fact
" I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life. "
Armistead Maupin
Me
My Life
Storytelling
" Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun. "
Armistead Maupin
Love
Like
Fun
" I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his fame limited his freedom. You get kinder as you go along. "
Armistead Maupin
Fame
You
Rock
" The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives. "
Armistead Maupin
Honest
People
World
" I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel. "
Armistead Maupin
Better
Than
Myself
" Being in love is the only transcendent experience. "
Armistead Maupin
Love Is
Love
Being In Love
" I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers. "
Armistead Maupin
Jokes
Amusement
Little
" It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself. "
Armistead Maupin
Mystery
Pressure
Know
" Too much of a good thing is wonderful. "
Armistead Maupin
Too
Much
Good
" I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction. "
Armistead Maupin
Fiction
Tend
Shelter
" I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life. "
Armistead Maupin
Own
Pieces
Always
" I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers. "
Armistead Maupin
Faith
Nature
Lost
" For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure. "
Armistead Maupin
Time
Celebrity
Great