For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very… — Armistead Maupin Celebrity Copy Share Image
“What about San Francisco?" "What about it?" "Did you like it?" She shrugged. "It was O.K." "Just O.K.?" She laughed. "Good God!"… — Armistead Maupin San francisco Copy Share Image
“Her apartment seemed fussier than ever, as if the doilies and tassels had taken to breeding in their unguarded moments.” — Armistead Maupin Imagery Copy Share Image
“Thack seemed to sort something out for a moment. “Sometimes I watch him when he’s playing with Harry or digging in the… — Armistead Maupin Tales-of-the-city Copy Share Image
“We’re gonna be … I mean people like you and me … we’re gonna be fifty-year-old libertines in a world full of… — Armistead Maupin Mean people Copy Share Image
Mona knocked at the wrong time. “Uh…yeah…wait a minute, Mona -- ” Mona shouted through the door. “Room service, gentlemen. Just pull… — Armistead Maupin Boys Copy Share Image
But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wrecking their lives… — Armistead Maupin Addiction Copy Share Image
When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace. — Armistead Maupin Back Copy Share Image
“..numbed by disappointment and betrayal, like a child who had been awakened suddenly from a summer dream about christmas morning.” — Armistead Maupin Betrayal Copy Share Image
In her opinion, the parrots were annoying arrogant. You could buy the most beautiful one in town, she observed, but that won't… — Armistead Maupin Annoying Copy Share Image
I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life. — Armistead Maupin Instinct 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… — Armistead Maupin Couple Copy Share Image
I felt very close to God.... My friends say that's because I was always on my knees. — Armistead Maupin Knees Copy Share Image
“if you’re going to be degenerate, you might as well be a lady about it, don’t you think?” — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on” — Armistead Maupin Happiness Copy Share Image
