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Armistead Maupin quotes: If I had my way ... We would lock ourselves away from that madness out there ...

If I had my way ... We would lock ourselves away from that madness out there ...

Armistead Maupin quotes: A half-hour conversation with Binky was like eating a Whitman Sampler in one sitting.

A half-hour conversation with Binky was like eating a Whitman Sampler in one sitting.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Solitude was no reason for sloppiness

Solitude was no reason for sloppiness

Armistead Maupin quotes: Her apartment seemed fussier than ever, as if the doilies and tassels had taken to breeding in their unguarded moments.

Her apartment seemed fussier than ever, as if the doilies and tassels had taken to breeding in their unguarded moments.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Pete thinks we all have a blacking factory: some awful moment, early on, when we surrender our childish hearts as surely as we lose our baby teeth.

Pete thinks we all have a blacking factory: some awful moment, early on, when we surrender our childish hearts as surely as we lose our baby teeth.

Armistead Maupin quotes: If she ever had a child, she would want him to grow up in San Francisco, where Mardi Gras was celebrated at least five times a year.

If she ever had a child, she would want him to grow up in San Francisco, where Mardi Gras was celebrated at least five times a year.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!

Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!

Armistead Maupin quotes: There is no fifth destination.

There is no fifth destination.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I think a lot of gay people who are not dealing with their homosexuality get into right- wing politics.

I think a lot of gay people who are not dealing with their homosexuality get into right- wing politics.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I felt very close to God ... My friends say that's because I was always on my knees.

I felt very close to God ... My friends say that's because I was always on my knees.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.

I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Small world, huh?"She grinned lewdly. "Not particularly. I'd say you've just run out of material.

Small world, huh?"
She grinned lewdly. "Not particularly. I'd say you've just run out of material.

Armistead Maupin quotes: She was Anna Madrigal, a self-made woman, and there was no one else in the world exactly like her.

She was Anna Madrigal, a self-made woman, and there was no one else in the world exactly like her.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Things speed up as you circle the drain.Armistead Maupin on ageing

Things speed up as you circle the drain.
Armistead Maupin on ageing

Armistead Maupin quotes: Actions have consequences. In actions have them. We set things in motion by what we don't do.

Actions have consequences. In actions have them. We set things in motion by what we don't do.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends.

I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Hey, you look at your tits; I'll look at mine! (Michael Tolliver, Tales of the City)

Hey, you look at your tits; I'll look at mine! (Michael Tolliver, Tales of the City)

Armistead Maupin quotes: Somepeople drink to foregt, I smoke to remember Anna Madrigal in Tales of the City ...

Somepeople drink to foregt, I smoke to remember Anna Madrigal in Tales of the City ...

Armistead Maupin quotes: Then they would both dissolve in giggles, bowing in their mirth to the awful hopelessness of it all.

Then they would both dissolve in giggles, bowing in their mirth to the awful hopelessness of it all.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Could you conjugate that? To sleaze. I sleaze. You sleaze. We all have sleazen.

Could you conjugate that? To sleaze. I sleaze. You sleaze. We all have sleazen.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9.

Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9.

Armistead Maupin quotes: The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I couldn't write - or wouldn't write, at any rate - unable to face the grueling self-scrutiny that fiction demands

I couldn't write - or wouldn't write, at any rate - unable to face the grueling self-scrutiny that fiction demands

Armistead Maupin quotes: Life goes on, sport.

Life goes on, sport.

Armistead Maupin quotes: But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.

But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Jesus Christ, you people are complicated.

Jesus Christ, you people are complicated.

Armistead Maupin quotes: It's time to get mad, Michael. Niceness doesn't count for shit!

It's time to get mad, Michael. Niceness doesn't count for shit!

Armistead Maupin quotes: When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace.

When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.

I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.

Armistead Maupin quotes: He should have made a checklist for every step of this transformational journey to radical self-expression.

He should have made a checklist for every step of this transformational journey to radical self-expression.

Armistead Maupin quotes: The worst of times in San Francisco was still better than the best of times anywhere else.

The worst of times in San Francisco was still better than the best of times anywhere else.

Armistead Maupin quotes: A pristine landscape was perfection itself; it was only when you added people that everything changed.

A pristine landscape was perfection itself; it was only when you added people that everything changed.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Outing is a nasty word for telling the truth.

Outing is a nasty word for telling the truth.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

Armistead Maupin quotes: If you're going to be degenerate, you might as well be a lady about it, don't you think?

If you're going to be degenerate, you might as well be a lady about it, don't you think?

Armistead Maupin quotes: Brian's face turned pouty. "So you were just blowing smoke up my ass." Anna smiled dimly. "You may have been inhaling, dear, but I wasn't blowing.

Brian's face turned pouty. "So you were just blowing smoke up my ass." Anna smiled dimly. "You may have been inhaling, dear, but I wasn't blowing.

Armistead Maupin quotes: It makes more sense if you've lived it." A

It makes more sense if you've lived it." A

Armistead Maupin quotes: You cannot be loved by someone who doesn't want to know you.

You cannot be loved by someone who doesn't want to know you.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Don't listen when they scoffThat you are too old and I am young,For I am old enough to know betterAnd you are young enough not to care.

Don't listen when they scoff
That you are too old and I am young,
For I am old enough to know better
And you are young enough not to care.

Armistead Maupin quotes: transcendental volleyball

transcendental volleyball

Armistead Maupin quotes: All I know is this: If you and papa are responsible for the way I am, then I thank you with all my heart, for it is the light and

All I know is this: If you and papa are responsible for the way I am, then I thank you with all my heart, for it is the light and the joy of my life.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Mona ... lots of things are more binding than sex. They last longer too.

Mona ... lots of things are more binding than sex. They last longer too.

Armistead Maupin quotes: We're gonna be ... I mean people like you and me ... we're gonna be fifty-year-old libertines in a world full of twenty-year-old Calvinists.

We're gonna be ... I mean people like you and me ... we're gonna be fifty-year-old libertines in a world full of twenty-year-old Calvinists.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.

Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them.

I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Needing and loving are two different things.

Needing and loving are two different things.

Armistead Maupin quotes: The earth knows exactly how to hold us if we just let it.

The earth knows exactly how to hold us if we just let it.

Armistead Maupin quotes: I want to deceive him just long enough to make him want me..

I want to deceive him just long enough to make him want me..

Armistead Maupin quotes: The rules of a well-ordered life were never enough when other people refused to obey them.

The rules of a well-ordered life were never enough when other people refused to obey them.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Garbage, you know, is very revealing.It beats the shit out of tarot cards.

Garbage, you know, is very revealing.It beats the shit out of tarot cards.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Umbed by disappointment and betrayal, like a child who had been awakened suddenly from a summer dream about christmas morning.

Umbed by disappointment and betrayal, like a child who had been awakened suddenly from a summer dream about christmas morning.

Armistead Maupin quotes: Her Mao tse-tung t-shirt was stretched so tightly across her chest that the Chairman was grinning broadly

Her Mao tse-tung t-shirt was stretched so tightly across her chest that the Chairman was grinning broadly