I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life. — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
All I know is this: If you and papa are responsible for the way I am, then I thank you with all… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“My life is full of love; I designed it that way. I try to make my own experience about love and I… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
I had been a storyteller by instinct all my life. I was that boring little kid who made the rest of his… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“Being gay has taught me tolerance, compassion and humility. It has shown me limitless possibilities of living. It has given me people… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“Sooner or later, though, no matter where in the world we live, we must join the diaspora, venturing beyond our biological family… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
I think there are strands in all of our lives that can be seen if we step back to recognize them. Coincidence… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“DEAR MAMA, I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to write. Every time I try to write to you and Papa I… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
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… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
I’m pissed off at my Republican family back in North Carolina, several of whom came to my wedding, but who went right back and… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
“Mona … lots of things are more binding than sex. They last longer too.” — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
Taureans are stubborn as hell. They never want to tell you what sign they are… But underneath that tough Taurus hide beats the heart… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
“How old are you?” I hadn’t been asked this in a place of business since I was seventeen, when I tried, unsuccessfully, to buy… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers. — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
“It all goes so fast, she thought. We dole out our lives in dinner parties and plane flights, and it's over before we know… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
“Then they would both dissolve in giggles, bowing in their mirth to the awful hopelessness of it all.” — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
“My life is full of love; I designed it that way. I try to make my own experience about love and I look for… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
“Actions have consequences. In actions have them. We set things in motion by what we don't do.” — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends. — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9. — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
