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
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
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 don't consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools. — 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