Defamation Quote by Larry Kramer

“Holy shit," somebody muttered in the dark. "A virgin," sputtered another. "I didn't know they still made them." "He just did.”

— Larry Kramer

Gay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn't take it to work. You had to really lead a double life. There were…

— Larry Kramer

You do not get more with honey than with vinegar.

— Larry Kramer

Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is…

— Larry Kramer

Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document.

— Larry Kramer

We're all going to go crazy, living this epidemic [AIDS] every minute, while the rest of the world goes on out there, all around…

— Larry Kramer

I don't mind about the dead ones. They're dead. The worst of it is, they cling to the living and won't let go.

— Larry Kramer

There's no question that the gay movement would not be as far along as it is without AIDS. But how can there be any…

— Larry Kramer

By nature, Im an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.

— Larry Kramer

The only way we'll have real pride is when we demand recognition of a culture that isn't just sexual. It's all there--all throughhistory we've…

— Larry Kramer

“There will always be enemies. Time to stop being your own.”

— Larry Kramer

I do not think the gay population has been all that rabid for gay marriage. Note that I do not use the words 'gay…

— Larry Kramer