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
My mother once told me that if a married couple puts a penny in a pot for every time they make love in the first year, and takes a penny out every time after that, they'll never get all the… — 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… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“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… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
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
