“Were happier when the assholes are villains.”

“Death is almost never timely, even for the old.”

“Art is long and life is short.”

“There was no point in doing art if you were going to be second-rate.”

“Penicillin was as liberating for gay sex as the pill had been for straight sex.”

“Trust the tale, not the teller.”

“An obsessed reader figured that Armistead Maupin was an anagram for is a man I dreamt up.”

“Everybody is Other in Maupin.”

“The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.”

“Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way.”

“I love you. The words reverberated between them, sinking into their skin, scored onto their hearts as they staked their claims to each others bodies, surrendering themselves and possessing each oth...”

“great writers are indecent peoplethey live unfairlysaving the best part for paper.good human beings save the worldso that bastards like me can keep creating art,become immortal.if you read this aft...”

“Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.”

“Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on ...”