“I want to deceive him just long enough to make him want me..” — Armistead Maupin Deceive Copy Share Image
“Garbage, you know, is very revealing.It beats the shit out of tarot cards.” — Armistead Maupin Artist Copy Share Image
“Mona … lots of things are more binding than sex. They last longer too.” — Armistead Maupin Mona Copy Share Image
If I had my way...We would lock ourselves away from that madness out there... — Armistead Maupin Lock 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… — Armistead Maupin Astrology Copy Share Image
“Then they would both dissolve in giggles, bowing in their mirth to the awful hopelessness of it all.” — Armistead Maupin Comedy Copy Share Image
Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9. — Armistead Maupin Age Copy Share Image
I think a lot of gay people who are not dealing with their homosexuality get into right- wing politics. — Armistead Maupin Gay Copy Share Image
All I know is this: If you and papa are responsible for the way I am, then I thank you with all… — Armistead Maupin Heart Copy Share Image
“Actions have consequences. In actions have them. We set things in motion by what we don't do.” — Armistead Maupin Actions Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends. — Armistead Maupin Female Copy Share Image
“Her Mao tse-tung t-shirt was stretched so tightly across her chest that the Chairman was grinning broadly” — Armistead Maupin Shirt Stretched Copy Share Image
“Still, I gave her a call, wondering if she might have lost someone herself, but our talk was limited to the surreal… — Armistead Maupin Old wounds Copy Share Image
“Michael’s generation—its history of fighting disease and bigotry—sometimes made him grumpier than Ben would like him to be, but he knew what… — Armistead Maupin History Copy Share Image
“Such a suitable word, stroke. I'd heard it since childhood without fully understanding its meaning, but it sounded, even through a haze… — Armistead Maupin Children Copy Share Image
Oh, Mona, we're all damned fools! Some of us just have more fun with it than others. Loosen up, dear! Don't be… — Armistead Maupin Comedy Copy Share Image
It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That… — Armistead Maupin Breakup Copy Share Image
I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him… — Armistead Maupin Celebrity 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… — Armistead Maupin Distract Copy Share Image
“Queers doing cowboy dancing. Who would’ve thunk it? Kids who grew up in Galveston and Tucson and Modesto, performing the folk dances… — Armistead Maupin Cowboy 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,… — Armistead Maupin Business 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… — Armistead Maupin Acting Copy Share Image
I think there are strands in all of our lives that can be seen if we step back to recognize them. Coincidence… — Armistead Maupin After death Copy Share Image
When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975… — Armistead Maupin Association Copy Share Image
“DEAR MAMA, I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to write. Every time I try to write to you and Papa I… — Armistead Maupin Better now Copy Share Image
“She told me about the cop. And the movie star, and the construction worker. You're not having a life Michael, you're fucking… — Armistead Maupin 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… — Armistead Maupin Age Copy Share Image
I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers. — Armistead Maupin Books Copy Share Image
I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his… — Armistead Maupin Age Copy Share Image
But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships… — Armistead Maupin Children Copy Share Image
I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake… — Armistead Maupin Damn Copy Share Image
“Brian’s face turned pouty. “So you were just blowing smoke up my ass.” Anna smiled dimly. “You may have been inhaling, dear,… — Armistead Maupin Blowing smoke Copy Share Image
“He should have made a checklist for every step of this transformational journey to radical self-expression.” — Armistead Maupin Every step Copy Share Image
The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives. — Armistead Maupin Change 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… — Armistead Maupin Cell phone 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… — Armistead Maupin Experience love Copy Share Image
