Hollywood needs peripheral people like me. You're not of that world, but you're needed. — Kevin Sessums Hollywood Copy Share Image
That's why I tried to kill myself when I was a student [in Yale]. I thought I was the only one there. — Kevin Sessums School Copy Share Image
When I graduated [from Yale], I went back to Larry [Kramer]. But when I go to Yale reunions, there are still people… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I never appear in any of your work, come to think of it, Calvin [Trillin]. And I look. — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I could appear in this million-word book [Larry Kramer] are working on. Nobody would even notice me. — Kevin Sessums Book Copy Share Image
We didn't know each other [with Larry Kramer at Yale], but we had a lot of mutual friends. — Kevin Sessums Friends Copy Share Image
Tony Kushner has said that Larry [Kramer] thinks everyone always has to agree with him. — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
If someone had come up to me at Yale and asked me how many homosexuals there were in my class, I would… — Kevin Sessums Class Copy Share Image
[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
Is it easier for you to have straight friends, Larry [Kramer], since you seem so often disappointed in your gay friends who… — Kevin Sessums Disappointed Copy Share Image
I'm sorry to keep focusing on the New Yorker, but everybody who was growing up when Calvin [Trillin] and I were growing… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about… — Kevin Sessums Criticism Copy Share Image
One of the few nice things about [time in Yale] was you got to know people before there were labels on them,… — Kevin Sessums Gay Copy Share Image
I talked to [Larry] Kramer a little bit about it while I was writing 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was one of those… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
My father always wanted me to be president of the United States, and his fallback position was that I not become a… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
In Western culture, there's a dichotomy between the easy narratives of God and the Devil. I now believe in this greater overarching… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I wrote an essay too, and mine started something like, "When I was asked to contribute to this book, I said, 'I… — Kevin Sessums Activist Copy Share Image
Back in Kansas City, I associated Harvard with sort of gnarly guys who wore capes for effect in a kind of Oscar… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I think basically what The American People is about is that we've been here from the very beginning, and that has never… — Kevin Sessums American people Copy Share Image
[Larry Kramer] got really mad at me once. The precipitating incident was a speech at Yale by the first President Bush's Secretary… — Kevin Sessums Demonstration Copy Share Image
I get rejections from the New Yorker. When I had to give a little talk to the people graduating from the MBA… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I was raped: I said no and he wouldn't stop. I also had a scar on my back and blood coming out… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
People who aren't addicts want to know why I became one. They ask whether I had a midlife crisis. I'm only speaking… — Kevin Sessums Acceptance Copy Share Image
I was raped. That was a hard thing to write about. I never owned that part of it. Guys don't look at… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
Larry [Kramer] and I often disagree. There was the whole meshuggaas we went through about his donating his papers to Yale, and… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
Sometimes if I am walking down the street and thinking about my panoply of God, Ganesha, Parvati [Ganesha's mother], I say "Lucifer,"… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I had no administrative function at the New Yorker. I am what we used to call in construction back in Kansas City… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
There's always a door you don't get in. I'm a star in my own right for certain things. I'll own that. During… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
David Remnick [the New Yorker's editor in chief]is about as interested in anything gay as I am interested in anything to do… — Kevin Sessums Baseball Copy Share Image
We don't like to say that [my wife was Jewish] because her mother was Jewish, which means she was Jewish. So don't… — Kevin Sessums Israel Copy Share Image
I don't like the vulgarity of Oscars weekend, but it's also sweet. It's prom weekend for anyone who didn't experience the real… — Kevin Sessums Gay Copy Share Image
The first time I remember our being socially in the same place was after we graduated and [author, investment counselor, philanthropist, and… — Kevin Sessums Counselor Copy Share Image
![“That's why I tried to kill myself when I was a student [in Yale]. I thought I was the only one there.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/kevin-sessums-9486_school_that-s-why-i-tried-to-kill-myself-when-i_2344917.jpg)
![“When I graduated [from Yale], I went back to Larry [Kramer]. But when I go to Yale reunions, there are still people who call me David.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/kevin-sessums-9486_call-me_when-i-graduated-from-yale-i-went-back-t_1108157.jpg)
![“I never appear in any of your work, come to think of it, Calvin [Trillin]. And I look.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/kevin-sessums-9486_appear_i-never-appear-in-any-of-your-work-come_846227.jpg)
![“I could appear in this million-word book [Larry Kramer] are working on. Nobody would even notice me.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/kevin-sessums-9486_book_i-could-appear-in-this-million-word-book_1774662.jpg)
![“We didn't know each other [with Larry Kramer at Yale], but we had a lot of mutual friends.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/kevin-sessums-9486_friends_we-didn-t-know-each-other-with-larry-kra_608949.jpg)
![“Tony Kushner has said that Larry [Kramer] thinks everyone always has to agree with him.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/kevin-sessums-9486_agree_tony-kushner-has-said-that-larry-kramer_1596584.jpg)
![“[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a big difference.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/kevin-sessums-9486_bigs_calvin-trilllin-is-not-writing-about-thi_59424.jpg)
![“Is it easier for you to have straight friends, Larry [Kramer], since you seem so often disappointed in your gay friends who can't live up to what you expect of them as gay people?” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/kevin-sessums-9486_disappointed_is-it-easier-for-you-to-have-straight-fr_2998013.jpg)
![“I'm sorry to keep focusing on the New Yorker, but everybody who was growing up when Calvin [Trillin] and I were growing up wanted to be published in the New Yorker.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/kevin-sessums-9486_growing_i-m-sorry-to-keep-focusing-on-the-new-yo_2262220.jpg)
![“If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about the gay world.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/kevin-sessums-9486_criticism_if-there-was-criticism-about-oscar-wilde_2054234.jpg)
![“One of the few nice things about [time in Yale] was you got to know people before there were labels on them, so you got to know them as people, not as either gay or straight. Because as far as we knew, we thought everyone was straight.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_one-of-the-few-nice-things-about-time-in_687609.jpg)
![“I talked to [Larry] Kramer a little bit about it while I was writing 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was one of those people who took a long time to come out.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/kevin-sessums-9486_bits_i-talked-to-larry-kramer-a-little-bit-ab_1890296.jpg)
![“I wrote an essay too, and mine started something like, "When I was asked to contribute to this book, I said, 'I could do a piece on [Larry] Kramer as a pain in the ass, but I suppose you have too many of those, as it is.'" And Sarah's began something like, "When I read about America's angriest…” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/kevin-sessums-9486_activist_i-wrote-an-essay-too-and-mine-started-so_727114.jpg)
![“[Larry Kramer] got really mad at me once. The precipitating incident was a speech at Yale by the first President Bush's Secretary of Heath and Human Services, Louis Sullivan, against which Larry led a demonstration. He got the demonstrators to drown out Sullivan's speech, which wasn't allowed.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/kevin-sessums-9486_demonstration_larry-kramer-got-really-mad-at-me-once-t_2757406.jpg)
![“Larry [Kramer] and I often disagree. There was the whole meshuggaas we went through about his donating his papers to Yale, and I disagreed with him on a number of things about that. You wanted a gay center.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/kevin-sessums-9486_disagree_larry-kramer-and-i-often-disagree-there_2722593.jpg)
![“Sometimes if I am walking down the street and thinking about my panoply of God, Ganesha, Parvati [Ganesha's mother], I say "Lucifer," because he belongs in that panoply. I miss him. That's why I'm a theist.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/kevin-sessums-9486_ifs_sometimes-if-i-am-walking-down-the-stree_338066.jpg)
![“David Remnick [the New Yorker's editor in chief]is about as interested in anything gay as I am interested in anything to do with baseball. It drives me nuts.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/kevin-sessums-9486_baseball_david-remnick-the-new-yorker-s-editor-in_636097.jpg)
![“We don't like to say that [my wife was Jewish] because her mother was Jewish, which means she was Jewish. So don't imply that my wife was a shikse.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/kevin-sessums-9486_judaism_we-don-t-like-to-say-that-my-wife-was-je_1013536.jpg)
![“The first time I remember our being socially in the same place was after we graduated and [author, investment counselor, philanthropist, and fellow 1950s Yalie] Peter Wolf had a party at his house in the Hamptons.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/kevin-sessums-9486_counselor_the-first-time-i-remember-our-being-soci_943315.jpg)