Able Quote by Edmund White

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

Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom.

— Edmund White

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

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

'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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