Books Quote by Sarah Schulman

I am a gay writer, but I am also a Scottish writer and some days a lazy writer, or a funny writer. Being gay…

— Damian Barr

I don't think of gay writers. I mean if you were to say to me who are the straight writers, well, you wouldn't ask…

— Joe Mantello

I am a gay writer, absolutely. And in no way does that fact limit the reach or importance of what I write.

— Garth Greenwell

A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about straight people.

— Edmund White

Of course it is very limiting to be labeled a lesbian or queer writer. We live in a homophobic culture, and even people who…

— Michelle Tea

Lots of my writing can be accurately called lesbian, but I myself am queer and date people of all genders.

— Michelle Tea

I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available…

— Kevin Sessums

For writers, you just have to have the ability to not restrict your imagination. Men can write about women; women can write about men.…

— Mike O'Malley

The reason I have LGBT fans is because I'm an open book; they're attracted to that.

— Cupcakke

People think that I only write about homosexuality, but that's not true.

— Abdellah Taia

Not every gay person recites poetry or has read Keats. You can get readers through anything if the characters are complicated. You can't dismiss…

— Marlon James

Maybe the most interesting thing gay writers can do is show the tension between the breadth of gay experiences and the unity of what…

— Vestal McIntyre