I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about. — Kevin Sessums Gay Copy Share Image
I've done every other thing in life except intimacy. That's the aberration, the thing I've never had. — Kevin Sessums Aberration Copy Share Image
Some people say you have to be a Christian to be saved. I had to stop being Christian to be saved. — Kevin Sessums Christian Copy Share Image
To some people, knowledge and science are everything. To me, God is everything I don't know. — Kevin Sessums God Copy Share Image
[Calvin Trillin] was very "shoe," which means he was a big jock, a big deal. — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
Calvin [Trillin] was much more of a mover and a shaker. That's all I'm saying. I was a "weenie." That was another… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I was not "shoe." That's a misuse of the term "shoe," which is derived from "white shoe." — Kevin Sessums Fashion 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Another example of what I have to put up with from him. But there was a time I was mad at all… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
There was a Yale even before Larry [Kramer] and I got there, and there were three designations of students: "white shoe," "brown… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
[Robert Gottlieb] wouldn't have published 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was a Rhodes Scholar. He was on the swimming team. Had this great… — Kevin Sessums California Copy Share Image
You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed… — Kevin Sessums Declaration Copy Share Image
I just so desperately wanted to be published in New Yorker, and I'd so desperately try to get something in it. But… — 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 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
[Larry Kramer] said, when it was all about to fall through, "You betrayed me, Calvin." And I said, "I resent that. I… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
My father was dead by the time I became a writer, and he would have had a heart attack if he had… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I haven't had sex in two and a half years. A guy I met in San Francisco gave me a sympathy blow… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
"Weenie" was definitely a word we used at Yale back then. But I'm not sure you were one, Larry [Kramer]. Also, you… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I think it's a Jewish Yale custom. I wasn't aware that other people celebrated Christmas. My wife was very big on Christmas,… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
[ John] Winthrop was the man who first said America was "a city upon a hill," which [Ronald] Reagan then appropriated. There… — Kevin Sessums America Copy Share Image
I was so unhappy as a child in Washington I figured if I'm going to Yale, I am going to start a… — Kevin Sessums Children Copy Share Image
I find myself applying the addict's impulse to how I cruise. I don't look at the ass. If I see a hot… — 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 Trillin] was very "shoe," which means he was a big jock, a big deal.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/kevin-sessums-9486_big-deal_calvin-trillin-was-very-shoe-which-means_844986.jpg)
![“Calvin [Trillin] was much more of a mover and a shaker. That's all I'm saying. I was a "weenie." That was another term back then.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/kevin-sessums-9486_calvin_calvin-trillin-was-much-more-of-a-mover_2595396.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)
![“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)
![“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)
![“Another example of what I have to put up with from him. But there was a time I was mad at all my straight friends when AIDS was at its worst. I particularly hated the New Yorker, where Calvin [Trillin] has published so much of his work. The New Yorker was the worst because they barely ever wrote…” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/kevin-sessums-9486_aids_another-example-of-what-i-have-to-put-up_1035506.jpg)
![“There was a Yale even before Larry [Kramer] and I got there, and there were three designations of students: "white shoe," "brown shoe," and "black shoe." "White shoe" people were kind of the ur-preppies from high-class backgrounds. "Brown shoe" people were kind of the high school student-council…” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/kevin-sessums-9486_backgrounds_there-was-a-yale-even-before-larry-krame_1415214.jpg)
![“[Robert Gottlieb] wouldn't have published 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was a Rhodes Scholar. He was on the swimming team. Had this great California crew cut and this great smile. Life magazine covered his graduation, and Alfred Eisenstaedt photographed it. We all expected him to be president some…” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/kevin-sessums-9486_california_robert-gottlieb-wouldn-t-have-published_1989289.jpg)
![“I just so desperately wanted to be published in New Yorker, and I'd so desperately try to get something in it. But I'd always get nice letters back telling me that Mr. Shawn [William Shawn, the New Yorker's editor from 1952 to 1987] just didn't like this or didn't like that about what I submitted.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/kevin-sessums-9486_editors_i-just-so-desperately-wanted-to-be-publi_606050.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)
![“[Larry Kramer] said, when it was all about to fall through, "You betrayed me, Calvin." And I said, "I resent that. I was against you from the beginning."” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/kevin-sessums-9486_betrayed_larry-kramer-said-when-it-was-all-about_3195854.jpg)
![“"Weenie" was definitely a word we used at Yale back then. But I'm not sure you were one, Larry [Kramer]. Also, you were going by a different name.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/kevin-sessums-9486_different_weenie-was-definitely-a-word-we-used-at_2911949.jpg)
![“[ John] Winthrop was the man who first said America was "a city upon a hill," which [Ronald] Reagan then appropriated. There are incidents like that all through history. We have been here.” quote by Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/kevin-sessums-9486_america_john-winthrop-was-the-man-who-first-said_3078197.jpg)
