Gay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn't take it to work. You had to really lead a double life.… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
There's no question that the gay movement would not be as far along as it is without AIDS. But how can there… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
I do not think the gay population has been all that rabid for gay marriage. Note that I do not use the… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Mr. Do-Nothing Obama will say today, 'Lets think of all the poor dead people' - or 'let's honor all the dead' instead… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
I love being gay. I love gay people. I think we're better than other people. I really do. I think we're smarter… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Saying someone is gay who is gay no longer constitutes defamation or slander or libel. You cannot defame someone by telling the… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black,… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Being gay is a natural normal beautiful variation on being human. Period. End of subject. Therefore, any argument which says differently is… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
It’s so wonderful being a gay person. I said that before. I’m going to say it again. I love being gay. And… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
We didn't exist. Ronald Reagan didn't say the word 'AIDS' until 1987. I've tried desperately to get a meeting in the White… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
I think being gay and gay people are the most wonderful things in the world. I wish all of us could have… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mean dislike, or… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
I've spent fifteen years of my life fighting for our right to be free and make love whenever, wherever... And you're telling… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
I was at Yale from 1953 to 1957, and I tried to commit suicide in my freshman year because I was gay,… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
I forgot that San Francisco is not an angry city like New York. Gays have gotten what they wanted there over the… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity.… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
“Holy shit," somebody muttered in the dark. "A virgin," sputtered another. "I didn't know they still made them." "He just did.” — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Gay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn't take it to work. You had to really lead a double life. There were… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document. — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
We're all going to go crazy, living this epidemic [AIDS] every minute, while the rest of the world goes on out there, all around… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
I don't mind about the dead ones. They're dead. The worst of it is, they cling to the living and won't let go. — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
There's no question that the gay movement would not be as far along as it is without AIDS. But how can there be any… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
The only way we'll have real pride is when we demand recognition of a culture that isn't just sexual. It's all there--all throughhistory we've… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
I do not think the gay population has been all that rabid for gay marriage. Note that I do not use the words 'gay… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image