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# Kevin Sessums

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##  Quotes by Kevin Sessums

> [When one person mentors, two lives are changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/when-one-person-mentors-two-lives-are-changed/)

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> [It's always been hard to be gay in Washington.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/it-s-always-been-hard-to-be-gay-in-washington/)

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> [ Calvin \[Trillin\] has never done anything majorly objectionable. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/calvin-trillin-has-never-done-anything-majorly-objectionable/)

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> [ I wasn't a \[gay\] activist, really. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-wasn-t-a-gay-activist-really/)

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[Activist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activist/)

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> [I'm persona non grata at the New Yorker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-m-persona-non-grata-at-the-new-yorker/)

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[New yorker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/new-yorker/)

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> ["Shoe" just meant you were a big jock on campus no matter what field you were in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/shoe-just-meant-you-were-a-big-jock-on-campus-no-matter-what-field/)

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> [ There was a lot really awful about that time \[in fifties\] if you were gay. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/there-was-a-lot-really-awful-about-that-time-in-fifties-if-you-were/)

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[Awful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awful/)

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> [I'm not denying Christ by not being Christian. I'm a theist, which involves expanding on the Christ narrative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-m-not-denying-christ-by-not-being-christian-i-m-a-theist-which/)

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[Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/)

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> [ Everyone disappoints \[Larry Kramer\]. So it's not a problem for him either way. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/everyone-disappoints-larry-kramer-so-it-s-not-a-problem-for-him/)

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[Disappoint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disappoint/)

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> [One thing I learned in sobriety is to stop being judgmental, to always be discerning. When I drive, that will be my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/one-thing-i-learned-in-sobriety-is-to-stop-being-judgmental-to-always/)

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[Being judgmental](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-judgmental/)

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> [ Larry \[Kramer\] had already experienced so much loss by then from the AIDS epidemic. But I don't think it changed anything between… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/larry-kramer-had-already-experienced-so-much-loss-by-then-from-the/)

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[Aids](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aids/)

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> [I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-think-i-just-felt-a-sadness-at-some-points-in-my-career-that-what/)

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[Available](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/available/)

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> [I am a theist. I live life between that "a" and the "t." It's a vast little space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-am-a-theist-i-live-life-between-that-a-and-the-t-it-s-a-vast-little/)

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[Catholic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic/)

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> [ Is it easier for you to have straight friends, Larry \[Kramer\], since you seem so often disappointed in your gay friends who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/is-it-easier-for-you-to-have-straight-friends-larry-kramer-since-you/)

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[Disappointed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disappointed/)

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> [ \[Calvin Trilllin\] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/calvin-trilllin-is-not-writing-about-things-that-i-can-criticize-i/)

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> [ I'm sorry to keep focusing on the New Yorker, but everybody who was growing up when Calvin \[Trillin\] and I were growing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-m-sorry-to-keep-focusing-on-the-new-yorker-but-everybody-who-was/)

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> [ One of the few nice things about \[time in Yale\] was you got to know people before there were labels on them,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/one-of-the-few-nice-things-about-time-in-yale-was-you-got-to-know/)

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[Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay/)

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> [ If there was criticism about \[Oscar Wilde\], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/if-there-was-criticism-about-oscar-wilde-it-was-because-it-was/)

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[Criticism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/criticism/)

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> [ I talked to \[Larry\] Kramer a little bit about it while I was writing 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was one of those… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-talked-to-larry-kramer-a-little-bit-about-it-while-i-was-writing/)

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[Bits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bits/)

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> [My father always wanted me to be president of the United States, and his fallback position was that I not become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/my-father-always-wanted-me-to-be-president-of-the-united-states-and/)

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> [I was raped: I said no and he wouldn't stop. I also had a scar on my back and blood coming out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-was-raped-i-said-no-and-he-wouldn-t-stop-i-also-had-a-scar-on-my/)

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> [I wrote an essay too, and mine started something like, "When I was asked to contribute to this book, I said, 'I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-wrote-an-essay-too-and-mine-started-something-like-when-i-was-asked/)

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[Activist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activist/)

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> [Back in Kansas City, I associated Harvard with sort of gnarly guys who wore capes for effect in a kind of Oscar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/back-in-kansas-city-i-associated-harvard-with-sort-of-gnarly-guys-who/)

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[Capes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capes/)

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> [I think basically what The American People is about is that we've been here from the very beginning, and that has never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-think-basically-what-the-american-people-is-about-is-that-we-ve/)

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[American people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-people/)

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> [ \[Larry Kramer\] got really mad at me once. The precipitating incident was a speech at Yale by the first President Bush's Secretary… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/larry-kramer-got-really-mad-at-me-once-the-precipitating-incident-was/)

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[Demonstration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demonstration/)

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> [I get rejections from the New Yorker. When I had to give a little talk to the people graduating from the MBA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-get-rejections-from-the-new-yorker-when-i-had-to-give-a-little-talk/)

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[Appropriate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appropriate/)

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> [ Those people are seen, I assume, by Larry \[Kramer\] as writing partly about gay issues and problems, whether it's on the surface… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/those-people-are-seen-i-assume-by-larry-kramer-as-writing-partly/)

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> [ \[Larry Kramer\] even wrote this angry letter to the president of Yale, and in it he said what he said to us,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/larry-kramer-even-wrote-this-angry-letter-to-the-president-of-yale/)

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[Aids](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aids/)

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> [Just to put that in some context, 1954 was the same year that From Here to Eternity won an Oscar. Swanson's manufactured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/just-to-put-that-in-some-context-1954-was-the-same-year-that-from/)

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[Allegiance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allegiance/)

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> [I have never heard that referred to before, that term: Jewish men from Yale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-have-never-heard-that-referred-to-before-that-term-jewish-men-from/)

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[Heard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heard/)

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> [ \[Larry Kramer\] thinks Charles de Gaulle was gay. He thinks Max Schmeling was gay. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/larry-kramer-thinks-charles-de-gaulle-was-gay-he-thinks-max-schmeling/)

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> [Hollywood needs peripheral people like me. You're not of that world, but you're needed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/hollywood-needs-peripheral-people-like-me-you-re-not-of-that-world/)

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[Hollywood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hollywood/)

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> [I don't write poetry for the New Yorker. My poems appear in the Nation, mostly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-don-t-write-poetry-for-the-new-yorker-my-poems-appear-in-the-nation/)

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[Nations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nations/)

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> [ When I graduated \[from Yale\], I went back to Larry \[Kramer\]. But when I go to Yale reunions, there are still people… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/when-i-graduated-from-yale-i-went-back-to-larry-kramer-but-when-i-go/)

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[Call me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/call-me/)

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> [ That's why I tried to kill myself when I was a student \[in Yale\]. I thought I was the only one there. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/that-s-why-i-tried-to-kill-myself-when-i-was-a-student-in-yale-i/)

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[School](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/school/)

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> [ I could appear in this million-word book \[Larry Kramer\] are working on. Nobody would even notice me. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-could-appear-in-this-million-word-book-larry-kramer-are-working-on/)

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> [ Tony Kushner has said that Larry \[Kramer\] thinks everyone always has to agree with him. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/tony-kushner-has-said-that-larry-kramer-thinks-everyone-always-has-to/)

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> [ We didn't know each other \[with Larry Kramer at Yale\], but we had a lot of mutual friends. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/we-didn-t-know-each-other-with-larry-kramer-at-yale-but-we-had-a-lot/)

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[Friends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friends/)

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> [ I never appear in any of your work, come to think of it, Calvin \[Trillin\]. And I look. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-never-appear-in-any-of-your-work-come-to-think-of-it-calvin-trillin/)

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[Appear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appear/)

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> [ I believe we really became friends \[with Larry Kramer\] when we bonded at our fifteenth class reunion in 1972. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-believe-we-really-became-friends-with-larry-kramer-when-we-bonded/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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