When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975 that the American Psychiatric Association took homosexuality off the list of mental illnesses - and in many states,… — Armistead Maupin 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 phones and… — 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 back and are voting for homophobes and acting like it doesn’t matter. It does matter and it’s time for the queers in this country to start saying so to their families. I think we’ve all cut them too… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
“Mona … lots of things are more binding than sex. They last longer too.” — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
Taureans are stubborn as hell. They never want to tell you what sign they are… But underneath that tough Taurus hide beats the heart… — 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 interacting with… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“How old are you?” I hadn’t been asked this in a place of business since I was seventeen, when I tried, unsuccessfully, to buy a fifth of Jack Daniel’s at a liquor store across the highway from Mr. Grady’s gas station. It was just as unsettling to be carded at the other end of my life, for a fucking biscuit,… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share
I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers. — Armistead Maupin 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 bookstore. A… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“It all goes so fast, she thought. We dole out our lives in dinner parties and plane flights, and it's over before we know… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“Then they would both dissolve in giggles, bowing in their mirth to the awful hopelessness of it all.” — Armistead Maupin 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 look for… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
