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> [Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/writers-are-given-one-great-story-to-tell-their-story-i-m-telling-my/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

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## More by Larry Kramer

> [“Holy shit," somebody muttered in the dark. "A virgin," sputtered another. "I didn't know they still made them." "He just did.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/holy-shit-somebody-muttered-in-the-dark-a-virgin-sputtered-another-i/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/gay-life-in-1970-was-very-bleak-compartmentalized-you-didn-t-take-it/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [You do not get more with honey than with vinegar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/you-do-not-get-more-with-honey-than-with-vinegar/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/activism-is-very-seductive-and-writing-is-painful-and-hard-it-s-very/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/writers-are-given-one-great-story-to-tell-their-story-i-m-telling-my/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/we-re-all-going-to-go-crazy-living-this-epidemic-aids-every-minute/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/i-don-t-mind-about-the-dead-ones-they-re-dead-the-worst-of-it-is-they/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/there-s-no-question-that-the-gay-movement-would-not-be-as-far-along/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [By nature, Im an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/by-nature-im-an-optimistic-person-no-one-believes-it-but-i-am/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/the-only-way-we-ll-have-real-pride-is-when-we-demand-recognition-of-a/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [“There will always be enemies. Time to stop being your own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/there-will-always-be-enemies-time-to-stop-being-your-own/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [I do not think the gay population has been all that rabid for gay marriage. Note that I do not use the words 'gay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/i-do-not-think-the-gay-population-has-been-all-that-rabid-for-gay/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [Mr. Do-Nothing Obama will say today, 'Lets think of all the poor dead people' - or 'let's honor all the dead' instead of fighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/mr-do-nothing-obama-will-say-today-lets-think-of-all-the-poor-dead/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [I love being gay. I love gay people. I think we're better than other people. I really do. I think we're smarter and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/i-love-being-gay-i-love-gay-people-i-think-we-re-better-than-other/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

> [The media in America is not covering American AIDS very much. They're covering African AIDS as if somehow miraculously it's all stopped here. Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-kramer/the-media-in-america-is-not-covering-american-aids-very-much-they-re/)

[Larry Kramer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-kramer/)

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