--- title: "Best Kevin Sessums Quotes" description: "Kevin Sessums has 72 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings, across 397 categories." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_i-don-t-think-everybody-s-gay-but-i-thin_2438567.jpg" --- # Kevin Sessums **72** quotes in **397** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Kevin Sessums · Page 2 > [I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-don-t-think-everybody-s-gay-but-i-think-a-lot-more-people-are-than/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_i-don-t-think-everybody-s-gay-but-i-thin_2438567.jpg) > [I've done every other thing in life except intimacy. That's the aberration, the thing I've never had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-ve-done-every-other-thing-in-life-except-intimacy-that-s-the/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Aberration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aberration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efc/kevin-sessums-9486_aberration_i-ve-done-every-other-thing-in-life-exce_1656075.jpg) > [Some people say you have to be a Christian to be saved. I had to stop being Christian to be saved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/some-people-say-you-have-to-be-a-christian-to-be-saved-i-had-to-stop/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/kevin-sessums-9486_christian_some-people-say-you-have-to-be-a-christi_1789076.jpg) > [To some people, knowledge and science are everything. To me, God is everything I don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/to-some-people-knowledge-and-science-are-everything-to-me-god-is/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/kevin-sessums-9486_god_to-some-people-knowledge-and-science-are_426535.jpg) > [ \[Calvin Trillin\] was very "shoe," which means he was a big jock, a big deal. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/calvin-trillin-was-very-shoe-which-means-he-was-a-big-jock-a-big-deal/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/calvin-trillin-was-much-more-of-a-mover-and-a-shaker-that-s-all-i-m/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/kevin-sessums-9486_calvin_calvin-trillin-was-much-more-of-a-mover_2595396.jpg) > [I was not "shoe." That's a misuse of the term "shoe," which is derived from "white shoe."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-was-not-shoe-that-s-a-misuse-of-the-term-shoe-which-is-derived-from/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Fashion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fashion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/kevin-sessums-9486_fashion_i-was-not-shoe-that-s-a-misuse-of-the-te_532400.jpg) > [People who aren't addicts want to know why I became one. They ask whether I had a midlife crisis. I'm only speaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/people-who-aren-t-addicts-want-to-know-why-i-became-one-they-ask/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/kevin-sessums-9486_acceptance_people-who-aren-t-addicts-want-to-know-w_1356636.jpg) > [ Sometimes if I am walking down the street and thinking about my panoply of God, Ganesha, Parvati \[Ganesha's mother\], I say "Lucifer,"… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/sometimes-if-i-am-walking-down-the-street-and-thinking-about-my/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/larry-kramer-and-i-often-disagree-there-was-the-whole-meshuggaas-we/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/kevin-sessums-9486_disagree_larry-kramer-and-i-often-disagree-there_2722593.jpg) > [I was raped. That was a hard thing to write about. I never owned that part of it. Guys don't look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-was-raped-that-was-a-hard-thing-to-write-about-i-never-owned-that/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/kevin-sessums-9486_guy_i-was-raped-that-was-a-hard-thing-to-wri_203251.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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/david-remnick-the-new-yorker-s-editor-in-chief-is-about-as-interested/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/) [Image](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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/we-don-t-like-to-say-that-my-wife-was-jewish-because-her-mother-was/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Israel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/kevin-sessums-9486_judaism_we-don-t-like-to-say-that-my-wife-was-je_1013536.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/there-s-always-a-door-you-don-t-get-in-i-m-a-star-in-my-own-right-for/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/kevin-sessums-9486_certain_there-s-always-a-door-you-don-t-get-in-i_2593538.jpg) > [I had no administrative function at the New Yorker. I am what we used to call in construction back in Kansas City…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-had-no-administrative-function-at-the-new-yorker-i-am-what-we-used/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/kevin-sessums-9486_administrative_i-had-no-administrative-function-at-the_2280798.jpg) > [Another example of what I have to put up with from him. But there was a time I was mad at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/another-example-of-what-i-have-to-put-up-with-from-him-but-there-was/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/there-was-a-yale-even-before-larry-kramer-and-i-got-there-and-there/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/robert-gottlieb-wouldn-t-have-published-remembering-denny-denny-was-a/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [California](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/california/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/kevin-sessums-9486_california_robert-gottlieb-wouldn-t-have-published_1989289.jpg) > [You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/you-re-talking-about-the-1970s-now-and-not-the-1950s-we-were-all-more/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Declaration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/declaration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/kevin-sessums-9486_declaration_you-re-talking-about-the-1970s-now-and-n_3135930.jpg) > [I just so desperately wanted to be published in New Yorker, and I'd so desperately try to get something in it. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-just-so-desperately-wanted-to-be-published-in-new-yorker-and-i-d-so/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/kevin-sessums-9486_editors_i-just-so-desperately-wanted-to-be-publi_606050.jpg) > [In Western culture, there's a dichotomy between the easy narratives of God and the Devil. I now believe in this greater overarching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/in-western-culture-there-s-a-dichotomy-between-the-easy-narratives-of/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/kevin-sessums-9486_believe_in-western-culture-there-s-a-dichotomy-b_1550667.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-don-t-like-the-vulgarity-of-oscars-weekend-but-it-s-also-sweet-it-s/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_i-don-t-like-the-vulgarity-of-oscars-wee_1682646.jpg) > [The first time I remember our being socially in the same place was after we graduated and \[author, investment counselor, philanthropist, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/the-first-time-i-remember-our-being-socially-in-the-same-place-was/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Counselor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/counselor/) [Image](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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/larry-kramer-said-when-it-was-all-about-to-fall-through-you-betrayed/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/kevin-sessums-9486_betrayed_larry-kramer-said-when-it-was-all-about_3195854.jpg) > [My father was dead by the time I became a writer, and he would have had a heart attack if he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/my-father-was-dead-by-the-time-i-became-a-writer-and-he-would-have/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/kevin-sessums-9486_bottom_my-father-was-dead-by-the-time-i-became_2231222.jpg) > [I haven't had sex in two and a half years. A guy I met in San Francisco gave me a sympathy blow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-haven-t-had-sex-in-two-and-a-half-years-a-guy-i-met-in-san/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/kevin-sessums-9486_blow_i-haven-t-had-sex-in-two-and-a-half-year_2266212.jpg) > [ "Weenie" was definitely a word we used at Yale back then. But I'm not sure you were one, Larry \[Kramer\]. Also, you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/weenie-was-definitely-a-word-we-used-at-yale-back-then-but-i-m-not/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/kevin-sessums-9486_different_weenie-was-definitely-a-word-we-used-at_2911949.jpg) > [I think it's a Jewish Yale custom. I wasn't aware that other people celebrated Christmas. My wife was very big on Christmas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-think-it-s-a-jewish-yale-custom-i-wasn-t-aware-that-other-people/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/kevin-sessums-9486_bigs_i-think-it-s-a-jewish-yale-custom-i-wasn_1865008.jpg) > [ \[ John\] Winthrop was the man who first said America was "a city upon a hill," which \[Ronald\] Reagan then appropriated. There… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/john-winthrop-was-the-man-who-first-said-america-was-a-city-upon-a/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/kevin-sessums-9486_america_john-winthrop-was-the-man-who-first-said_3078197.jpg) > [I was so unhappy as a child in Washington I figured if I'm going to Yale, I am going to start a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-was-so-unhappy-as-a-child-in-washington-i-figured-if-i-m-going-to/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/kevin-sessums-9486_children_i-was-so-unhappy-as-a-child-in-washingto_2617675.jpg) > [I find myself applying the addict's impulse to how I cruise. I don't look at the ass. If I see a hot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-find-myself-applying-the-addict-s-impulse-to-how-i-cruise-i-don-t/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/kevin-sessums-9486_addict_i-find-myself-applying-the-addict-s-impu_1615250.jpg) > [If someone had come up to me at Yale and asked me how many homosexuals there were in my class, I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/if-someone-had-come-up-to-me-at-yale-and-asked-me-how-many/) [Kevin Sessums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/) [Class](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/kevin-sessums-9486_class_if-someone-had-come-up-to-me-at-yale-and_3222332.jpg) ## Kevin Sessums by topic [Kramer (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kramer/kevin-sessums/) [Gay (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay/kevin-sessums/) [People (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/kevin-sessums/) [Thinking (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/kevin-sessums/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/#itemlist", "name": "Kevin Sessums Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-don-t-think-everybody-s-gay-but-i-think-a-lot-more-people-are-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_i-don-t-think-everybody-s-gay-but-i-thin_2438567.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_i-don-t-think-everybody-s-gay-but-i-thin_2438567.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_i-don-t-think-everybody-s-gay-but-i-thin_2438567.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about.” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've done every other thing in life except intimacy. That's the aberration, the thing I've never had.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-ve-done-every-other-thing-in-life-except-intimacy-that-s-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efc/kevin-sessums-9486_aberration_i-ve-done-every-other-thing-in-life-exce_1656075.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efc/kevin-sessums-9486_aberration_i-ve-done-every-other-thing-in-life-exce_1656075.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efc/kevin-sessums-9486_aberration_i-ve-done-every-other-thing-in-life-exce_1656075.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've done every other thing in life except intimacy. That's the aberration, the thing I've never had.” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some people say you have to be a Christian to be saved. I had to stop being Christian to be saved.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/some-people-say-you-have-to-be-a-christian-to-be-saved-i-had-to-stop/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/kevin-sessums-9486_christian_some-people-say-you-have-to-be-a-christi_1789076.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/kevin-sessums-9486_christian_some-people-say-you-have-to-be-a-christi_1789076.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/kevin-sessums-9486_christian_some-people-say-you-have-to-be-a-christi_1789076.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some people say you have to be a Christian to be saved. I had to stop being Christian to be saved.” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To some people, knowledge and science are everything. To me, God is everything I don't know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/to-some-people-knowledge-and-science-are-everything-to-me-god-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/kevin-sessums-9486_god_to-some-people-knowledge-and-science-are_426535.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/kevin-sessums-9486_god_to-some-people-knowledge-and-science-are_426535.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/kevin-sessums-9486_god_to-some-people-knowledge-and-science-are_426535.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To some people, knowledge and science are everything. To me, God is everything I don't know.” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Calvin Trillin] was very \"shoe,\" which means he was a big jock, a big deal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/calvin-trillin-was-very-shoe-which-means-he-was-a-big-jock-a-big-deal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/kevin-sessums-9486_big-deal_calvin-trillin-was-very-shoe-which-means_844986.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/kevin-sessums-9486_big-deal_calvin-trillin-was-very-shoe-which-means_844986.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/kevin-sessums-9486_big-deal_calvin-trillin-was-very-shoe-which-means_844986.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Calvin Trillin] was very \"shoe,\" which means he was a big jock, a big deal.” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/calvin-trillin-was-much-more-of-a-mover-and-a-shaker-that-s-all-i-m/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/kevin-sessums-9486_calvin_calvin-trillin-was-much-more-of-a-mover_2595396.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/kevin-sessums-9486_calvin_calvin-trillin-was-much-more-of-a-mover_2595396.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/kevin-sessums-9486_calvin_calvin-trillin-was-much-more-of-a-mover_2595396.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Calvin [Trillin] was much more of a mover and a shaker. That's all I'm saying. I was a \"weenie.\" That was…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was not \"shoe.\" That's a misuse of the term \"shoe,\" which is derived from \"white shoe.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-was-not-shoe-that-s-a-misuse-of-the-term-shoe-which-is-derived-from/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/kevin-sessums-9486_fashion_i-was-not-shoe-that-s-a-misuse-of-the-te_532400.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/kevin-sessums-9486_fashion_i-was-not-shoe-that-s-a-misuse-of-the-te_532400.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/kevin-sessums-9486_fashion_i-was-not-shoe-that-s-a-misuse-of-the-te_532400.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was not \"shoe.\" That's a misuse of the term \"shoe,\" which is derived from \"white shoe.\"” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People who aren't addicts want to know why I became one. They ask whether I had a midlife crisis. I'm only speaking for myself now, but I've stopped asking why and how. It's all about surrender and acceptance. It doesn't matter why I am an addict.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/people-who-aren-t-addicts-want-to-know-why-i-became-one-they-ask/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/kevin-sessums-9486_acceptance_people-who-aren-t-addicts-want-to-know-w_1356636.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/kevin-sessums-9486_acceptance_people-who-aren-t-addicts-want-to-know-w_1356636.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/kevin-sessums-9486_acceptance_people-who-aren-t-addicts-want-to-know-w_1356636.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People who aren't addicts want to know why I became one. They ask whether I had a midlife crisis. I'm only…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/sometimes-if-i-am-walking-down-the-street-and-thinking-about-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/kevin-sessums-9486_ifs_sometimes-if-i-am-walking-down-the-stree_338066.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/kevin-sessums-9486_ifs_sometimes-if-i-am-walking-down-the-stree_338066.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/kevin-sessums-9486_ifs_sometimes-if-i-am-walking-down-the-stree_338066.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes if I am walking down the street and thinking about my panoply of God, Ganesha, Parvati [Ganesha's…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/larry-kramer-and-i-often-disagree-there-was-the-whole-meshuggaas-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/kevin-sessums-9486_disagree_larry-kramer-and-i-often-disagree-there_2722593.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/kevin-sessums-9486_disagree_larry-kramer-and-i-often-disagree-there_2722593.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/kevin-sessums-9486_disagree_larry-kramer-and-i-often-disagree-there_2722593.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Larry [Kramer] and I often disagree. There was the whole meshuggaas we went through about his donating his…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was raped. That was a hard thing to write about. I never owned that part of it. Guys don't look at themselves as being raped. We're not raised that way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-was-raped-that-was-a-hard-thing-to-write-about-i-never-owned-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/kevin-sessums-9486_guy_i-was-raped-that-was-a-hard-thing-to-wri_203251.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/kevin-sessums-9486_guy_i-was-raped-that-was-a-hard-thing-to-wri_203251.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/kevin-sessums-9486_guy_i-was-raped-that-was-a-hard-thing-to-wri_203251.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/david-remnick-the-new-yorker-s-editor-in-chief-is-about-as-interested/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/kevin-sessums-9486_baseball_david-remnick-the-new-yorker-s-editor-in_636097.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/kevin-sessums-9486_baseball_david-remnick-the-new-yorker-s-editor-in_636097.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/kevin-sessums-9486_baseball_david-remnick-the-new-yorker-s-editor-in_636097.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“David Remnick [the New Yorker's editor in chief]is about as interested in anything gay as I am interested in…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/we-don-t-like-to-say-that-my-wife-was-jewish-because-her-mother-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/kevin-sessums-9486_judaism_we-don-t-like-to-say-that-my-wife-was-je_1013536.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/kevin-sessums-9486_judaism_we-don-t-like-to-say-that-my-wife-was-je_1013536.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/kevin-sessums-9486_judaism_we-don-t-like-to-say-that-my-wife-was-je_1013536.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We don't like to say that [my wife was Jewish] because her mother was Jewish, which means she was Jewish. So…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 Oscar weekend I did fabulous things. But there's still one inner sanctum I'm not allowed in. That's the one I'm fixated on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/there-s-always-a-door-you-don-t-get-in-i-m-a-star-in-my-own-right-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/kevin-sessums-9486_certain_there-s-always-a-door-you-don-t-get-in-i_2593538.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/kevin-sessums-9486_certain_there-s-always-a-door-you-don-t-get-in-i_2593538.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/kevin-sessums-9486_certain_there-s-always-a-door-you-don-t-get-in-i_2593538.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had no administrative function at the New Yorker. I am what we used to call in construction back in Kansas City where I grew up \"a dog-ass subcontractor.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-had-no-administrative-function-at-the-new-yorker-i-am-what-we-used/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/kevin-sessums-9486_administrative_i-had-no-administrative-function-at-the_2280798.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/kevin-sessums-9486_administrative_i-had-no-administrative-function-at-the_2280798.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/kevin-sessums-9486_administrative_i-had-no-administrative-function-at-the_2280798.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had no administrative function at the New Yorker. I am what we used to call in construction back in Kansas…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 about AIDS. I used to take out on Calvin my real hatred for the New Yorker.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/another-example-of-what-i-have-to-put-up-with-from-him-but-there-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/kevin-sessums-9486_aids_another-example-of-what-i-have-to-put-up_1035506.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/kevin-sessums-9486_aids_another-example-of-what-i-have-to-put-up_1035506.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/kevin-sessums-9486_aids_another-example-of-what-i-have-to-put-up_1035506.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Another example of what I have to put up with from him. But there was a time I was mad at all my straight…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 presidents who were snatched up and brushed up a little bit to be sent out into the world. \"Black shoe\" people were beyond the pale. They were chemistry majors and things like that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/there-was-a-yale-even-before-larry-kramer-and-i-got-there-and-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/kevin-sessums-9486_backgrounds_there-was-a-yale-even-before-larry-krame_1415214.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/kevin-sessums-9486_backgrounds_there-was-a-yale-even-before-larry-krame_1415214.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/kevin-sessums-9486_backgrounds_there-was-a-yale-even-before-larry-krame_1415214.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There was a Yale even before Larry [Kramer] and I got there, and there were three designations of students…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[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 day. But he committed suicide when he was in his 50s. If he were gay in the 1950s, then the rest of what I wrote was commentary because life was so miserable for gay men back then. And that's why he committed suicide.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/robert-gottlieb-wouldn-t-have-published-remembering-denny-denny-was-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/kevin-sessums-9486_california_robert-gottlieb-wouldn-t-have-published_1989289.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/kevin-sessums-9486_california_robert-gottlieb-wouldn-t-have-published_1989289.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/kevin-sessums-9486_california_robert-gottlieb-wouldn-t-have-published_1989289.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Robert Gottlieb] wouldn't have published 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was a Rhodes Scholar. He was on the…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember when we were all sitting around on a roof one night and Larry turned to me and said, \"You do know I'm gay, don't you?\" There was a statement made. A declaration. We just never had really talked about it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/you-re-talking-about-the-1970s-now-and-not-the-1950s-we-were-all-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/kevin-sessums-9486_declaration_you-re-talking-about-the-1970s-now-and-n_3135930.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/kevin-sessums-9486_declaration_you-re-talking-about-the-1970s-now-and-n_3135930.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/kevin-sessums-9486_declaration_you-re-talking-about-the-1970s-now-and-n_3135930.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-just-so-desperately-wanted-to-be-published-in-new-yorker-and-i-d-so/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/kevin-sessums-9486_editors_i-just-so-desperately-wanted-to-be-publi_606050.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/kevin-sessums-9486_editors_i-just-so-desperately-wanted-to-be-publi_606050.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/kevin-sessums-9486_editors_i-just-so-desperately-wanted-to-be-publi_606050.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just so desperately wanted to be published in New Yorker, and I'd so desperately try to get something in…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Western culture, there's a dichotomy between the easy narratives of God and the Devil. I now believe in this greater overarching spiritual thing. We are the light and the dark, and have to own the darkness. It's part of us. It's not evil. It's needed. You need to own both of them to be whole. Absorb it, and live it as part of your life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/in-western-culture-there-s-a-dichotomy-between-the-easy-narratives-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/kevin-sessums-9486_believe_in-western-culture-there-s-a-dichotomy-b_1550667.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/kevin-sessums-9486_believe_in-western-culture-there-s-a-dichotomy-b_1550667.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/kevin-sessums-9486_believe_in-western-culture-there-s-a-dichotomy-b_1550667.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In Western culture, there's a dichotomy between the easy narratives of God and the Devil. I now believe in…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 prom: the nerds, gay, arty outsiders. Hollywood is high school with money.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-don-t-like-the-vulgarity-of-oscars-weekend-but-it-s-also-sweet-it-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_i-don-t-like-the-vulgarity-of-oscars-wee_1682646.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_i-don-t-like-the-vulgarity-of-oscars-wee_1682646.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_i-don-t-like-the-vulgarity-of-oscars-wee_1682646.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't like the vulgarity of Oscars weekend, but it's also sweet. It's prom weekend for anyone who didn't…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/the-first-time-i-remember-our-being-socially-in-the-same-place-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/kevin-sessums-9486_counselor_the-first-time-i-remember-our-being-soci_943315.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/kevin-sessums-9486_counselor_the-first-time-i-remember-our-being-soci_943315.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/kevin-sessums-9486_counselor_the-first-time-i-remember-our-being-soci_943315.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The first time I remember our being socially in the same place was after we graduated and [author…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[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.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/larry-kramer-said-when-it-was-all-about-to-fall-through-you-betrayed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/kevin-sessums-9486_betrayed_larry-kramer-said-when-it-was-all-about_3195854.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/kevin-sessums-9486_betrayed_larry-kramer-said-when-it-was-all-about_3195854.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/kevin-sessums-9486_betrayed_larry-kramer-said-when-it-was-all-about_3195854.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Larry Kramer] said, when it was all about to fall through, \"You betrayed me, Calvin.\" And I said, \"I resent…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 25, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My father was dead by the time I became a writer, and he would have had a heart attack if he had read the first thing I wrote when it came out. My mother still keeps her copy of Faggots hidden away in a bottom drawer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/my-father-was-dead-by-the-time-i-became-a-writer-and-he-would-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/kevin-sessums-9486_bottom_my-father-was-dead-by-the-time-i-became_2231222.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/kevin-sessums-9486_bottom_my-father-was-dead-by-the-time-i-became_2231222.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/kevin-sessums-9486_bottom_my-father-was-dead-by-the-time-i-became_2231222.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My father was dead by the time I became a writer, and he would have had a heart attack if he had read the…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I haven't had sex in two and a half years. A guy I met in San Francisco gave me a sympathy blow job. It didn't really work. I said, \"You're just doing this 'cause you feel sorry for me.\" We stopped in the middle.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-haven-t-had-sex-in-two-and-a-half-years-a-guy-i-met-in-san/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/kevin-sessums-9486_blow_i-haven-t-had-sex-in-two-and-a-half-year_2266212.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/kevin-sessums-9486_blow_i-haven-t-had-sex-in-two-and-a-half-year_2266212.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/kevin-sessums-9486_blow_i-haven-t-had-sex-in-two-and-a-half-year_2266212.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I haven't had sex in two and a half years. A guy I met in San Francisco gave me a sympathy blow job. It…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 27, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "\"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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/weenie-was-definitely-a-word-we-used-at-yale-back-then-but-i-m-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/kevin-sessums-9486_different_weenie-was-definitely-a-word-we-used-at_2911949.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/kevin-sessums-9486_different_weenie-was-definitely-a-word-we-used-at_2911949.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/kevin-sessums-9486_different_weenie-was-definitely-a-word-we-used-at_2911949.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“\"Weenie\" was definitely a word we used at Yale back then. But I'm not sure you were one, Larry [Kramer]…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 28, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it's a Jewish Yale custom. I wasn't aware that other people celebrated Christmas. My wife was very big on Christmas, and I was very big on my wife.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-think-it-s-a-jewish-yale-custom-i-wasn-t-aware-that-other-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/kevin-sessums-9486_bigs_i-think-it-s-a-jewish-yale-custom-i-wasn_1865008.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/kevin-sessums-9486_bigs_i-think-it-s-a-jewish-yale-custom-i-wasn_1865008.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/kevin-sessums-9486_bigs_i-think-it-s-a-jewish-yale-custom-i-wasn_1865008.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think it's a Jewish Yale custom. I wasn't aware that other people celebrated Christmas. My wife was very…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 29, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[ 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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/john-winthrop-was-the-man-who-first-said-america-was-a-city-upon-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/kevin-sessums-9486_america_john-winthrop-was-the-man-who-first-said_3078197.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/kevin-sessums-9486_america_john-winthrop-was-the-man-who-first-said_3078197.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/kevin-sessums-9486_america_john-winthrop-was-the-man-who-first-said_3078197.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[ John] Winthrop was the man who first said America was \"a city upon a hill,\" which [Ronald] Reagan then…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 30, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was so unhappy as a child in Washington I figured if I'm going to Yale, I am going to start a new life. I'll change my name to my middle name. So I was known for my four years at Yale as David Kramer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-was-so-unhappy-as-a-child-in-washington-i-figured-if-i-m-going-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/kevin-sessums-9486_children_i-was-so-unhappy-as-a-child-in-washingto_2617675.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/kevin-sessums-9486_children_i-was-so-unhappy-as-a-child-in-washingto_2617675.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/kevin-sessums-9486_children_i-was-so-unhappy-as-a-child-in-washingto_2617675.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was so unhappy as a child in Washington I figured if I'm going to Yale, I am going to start a new life…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 31, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I find myself applying the addict's impulse to how I cruise. I don't look at the ass. If I see a hot guy walking towards me I look at his arm, and if he has a vein I fantasize about shooting up with him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/i-find-myself-applying-the-addict-s-impulse-to-how-i-cruise-i-don-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/kevin-sessums-9486_addict_i-find-myself-applying-the-addict-s-impu_1615250.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/kevin-sessums-9486_addict_i-find-myself-applying-the-addict-s-impu_1615250.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/kevin-sessums-9486_addict_i-find-myself-applying-the-addict-s-impu_1615250.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I find myself applying the addict's impulse to how I cruise. I don't look at the ass. If I see a hot guy…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 32, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If someone had come up to me at Yale and asked me how many homosexuals there were in my class, I would have said I don't think there are any. There may have been a few who were shy with girls. You have to understand, this was the 1950s.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Sessums" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sessums/if-someone-had-come-up-to-me-at-yale-and-asked-me-how-many/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/kevin-sessums-9486_class_if-someone-had-come-up-to-me-at-yale-and_3222332.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/kevin-sessums-9486_class_if-someone-had-come-up-to-me-at-yale-and_3222332.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/kevin-sessums-9486_class_if-someone-had-come-up-to-me-at-yale-and_3222332.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If someone had come up to me at Yale and asked me how many homosexuals there were in my class, I would have…” — Kevin Sessums", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/#person", "name": "Kevin Sessums", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/" }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/page/2/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/page/2/", "name": "Kevin Sessums", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/#person" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/kevin-sessums-9486_gay_i-don-t-think-everybody-s-gay-but-i-thin_2438567.jpg" }, "description": "Kevin Sessums has 72 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings, across 397 categories.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/page/2/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/page/2/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Authors", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Kevin Sessums", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sessums/page/2/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```