Living with AIDS is like always having the sword of Damocles over your head. The disease is scarier than death itself. The disease is so messy, so devastating, so pervasive. It robs you of everything you hold dear. — 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