“In the past, when gays were very flamboyant as drag queens or as leather queens or whatever, that just amused people. And… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
When a woman falls in love with me, I feel guilty. I am convinced that it's pure obstinacy that keeps me from… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
In the middle of my sophomore year, I was sent to boarding school, at the Cranbrook School for boys, in Bloomfield Hills,… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
The notion that I might have been able to court friends, win attention, conjure it, would have spoiled it for me. Unbidden… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“Love is a source of anxiety until it is source of boredom; only friendship feeds the spirit. Love raises great expectations in… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I loved 'The Marble Faun' by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The reason I liked it was because it had… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Perhaps I became so vague, so exhilarated with vagueness, precisely in order to forestall a recognition of the final term of the… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real self and,… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Everyone seems agreed that writing about sex is perilous, partly because it threatens to swamp highly individualised characters in a generic, featureless activity (much… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
If you're a beach person or a golfer, Key West is not for you. Most of the sand has been imported, and the water… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
First, I was opposed to gay marriage because it seemed like one more way that gays were wanting to assimilate. When I realized the… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
From my mother I learned just how violent and unquenchable a woman's loneliness can be. She had been sheltered excessively by her husband and… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
From an early age, I had the idea that writing was truth-telling. It's on the record. Everybody can see it. Maybe it goes back… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Since, in the best Southern tradition, I was named Edmund Valentine White III, sometimes when people look up my books on Amazon they find… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
When I was young, I despised old people. I was provincial and narrow-minded. It's the reason I stayed stupid so long. If you only… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Key West is the place where your sickly house plant back in New York grows to 10 ft. It's also the place where an… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
