Always Quote by Edmund White Download Open image “I was never an assimilationist. I always thought gays had some special mission.” — Edmund White ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Always Gays Goals Had Mission Never Some Special Thought
I absolutely believe in assimilation. I don't believe I'm any different from straight people. My wants and needs are the same as theirs. I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Early on, I got some criticism from other gay writers and queer theorists for being too 'assimilationist,' probably because my characters are outsiders, even… — Stephen McCauley Copy Share Image
Originally I was opposed to gay assimilation and targeted gay marriage as just another effort on the part of gays to resemble their straight… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I think also there was a lot of coming to terms with where I am in life, where I fit in as a gay… — Bob Mould Copy Share Image
Once I was embraced by gay culture, I finally started to feel I was fitting in. I was understood by those people in a… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I am a proud, gay person of color and I will not be intimidated into mediocrity or legislated into conformity! — Eugene Lee Yang Copy Share Image
Assimilation is the way you excuse yourself. It absolutely never worked at all. You may not think you are noticeable. But they know who… — Harry Hay Copy Share Image
Part of my struggle with being gay was that a lot of my homophobia was internalized because of the cues that I was -… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real self and,… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Everyone seems agreed that writing about sex is perilous, partly because it threatens to swamp highly individualised characters in a generic, featureless activity (much… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
If you're a beach person or a golfer, Key West is not for you. Most of the sand has been imported, and the water… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
First, I was opposed to gay marriage because it seemed like one more way that gays were wanting to assimilate. When I realized the… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
From my mother I learned just how violent and unquenchable a woman's loneliness can be. She had been sheltered excessively by her husband and… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
From an early age, I had the idea that writing was truth-telling. It's on the record. Everybody can see it. Maybe it goes back… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Since, in the best Southern tradition, I was named Edmund Valentine White III, sometimes when people look up my books on Amazon they find… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
When I was young, I despised old people. I was provincial and narrow-minded. It's the reason I stayed stupid so long. If you only… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Key West is the place where your sickly house plant back in New York grows to 10 ft. It's also the place where an… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
It's always great to see old friends, especially those I have not been able to see in 15 months. — William Regal Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I have really good lateral movement. I've always had quick lateral movement. — Austin Rivers Copy Share Image
There is something magical about being able to feel somebody. And that is something that has always moved me with music. — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore. 'It' has been on Earth for millions of years. He's been in contact with humans… — Andy Muschietti Copy Share Image
It's not writing in the traditional sense, but I've always said that the writing process continues on the set and even into the editing… — Robert B. Weide Copy Share Image
I always watch my matches back 100 times afterwards because that's how I improve. This is something I've always done, even in NXT. — Mandy Rose Copy Share Image
I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
