“Then they would both dissolve in giggles, bowing in their mirth to the awful hopelessness of it all.” — Armistead Maupin Comedy Copy Share Image
I think a lot of gay people who are not dealing with their homosexuality get into right- wing politics. — Armistead Maupin Gay Copy Share Image
“Garbage, you know, is very revealing.It beats the shit out of tarot cards.” — Armistead Maupin Artist Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends. — Armistead Maupin Female Copy Share Image
“Actions have consequences. In actions have them. We set things in motion by what we don't do.” — Armistead Maupin Actions Copy Share Image
“Mona … lots of things are more binding than sex. They last longer too.” — Armistead Maupin Mona Copy Share Image
“Her Mao tse-tung t-shirt was stretched so tightly across her chest that the Chairman was grinning broadly” — 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 Heart 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 Breakup Copy Share Image
I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him… — Armistead Maupin Celebrity Copy Share Image
“Pete thinks we all have a blacking factory: some awful moment, early on, when we surrender our childish hearts as surely as… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“Queers doing cowboy dancing. Who would’ve thunk it? Kids who grew up in Galveston and Tucson and Modesto, performing the folk dances… — Armistead Maupin Cowboy 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… — Armistead Maupin Cell phone Copy Share Image
“She told me about the cop. And the movie star, and the construction worker. You're not having a life Michael, you're fucking… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means… — Armistead Maupin Age Copy Share Image
Mona knocked at the wrong time. “Uh…yeah…wait a minute, Mona -- ” Mona shouted through the door. “Room service, gentlemen. Just pull… — Armistead Maupin Boys Copy Share Image
“It took so long to find you...and now I don't want it to change. I want it all set in amber. I… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
Writing is too hard not to do exactly what you want to do. It's a very draining and agonizing process for me,… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
In her opinion, the parrots were annoying arrogant. You could buy the most beautiful one in town, she observed, but that won't… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
I’m pissed off at my Republican family back in North Carolina, several of whom came to my wedding, but who went right… — Armistead Maupin Acting Copy Share Image
“Down the Peninsula at Cypress Lawn Cemetery, a woman in a paisley turban climbed out of a battered automobile and trudged up… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975… — 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 Compassion Copy Share Image
I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers. — Armistead Maupin Books Copy Share Image
I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers. — Armistead Maupin Compassionate Copy Share Image
Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun. — Armistead Maupin Blind Copy Share Image
If I had my way...We would lock ourselves away from that madness out there... — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“Could you conjugate that? To sleaze. I sleaze. You sleaze. We all have sleazen.” — Armistead Maupin Sleaze Copy Share Image
“A pristine landscape was perfection itself; it was only when you added people that everything changed.” — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“He should have made a checklist for every step of this transformational journey to radical self-expression.” — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives. — Armistead Maupin Change Copy Share Image
“Somepeople drink to foregt, I smoke to remember" Anna Madrigal in Tales of the City...” — Armistead Maupin Wine 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 don't see myself very clearly. Then look at the people who love you...Look into their eyes and see what they're seeing;… — Armistead Maupin Love Copy Share Image
If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the… — Armistead Maupin America Copy Share Image
My mother once told me that if a married couple puts a penny in a pot for every time they make love… — Armistead Maupin Couple Copy Share Image
I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his… — Armistead Maupin Age Copy Share Image
I can't imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you've made a strong impact on the lives of other… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
