The point about L-O-V-E is that we hate the word. Because we vulgarize it. It should be taboo, forbidden from utterance for… — 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
“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