Armistead Maupin
Armistead Maupin
Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. is an American writer, best known for his Tales of the City series of novels, set in San Francisco...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth13 May 1944
CountryUnited States of America
country cutting thinking
I’m pissed off at my Republican family back in North Carolina, several of whom came to my wedding, but who went right back and are voting for homophobes and acting like it doesn’t matter. It does matter and it’s time for the queers in this country to start saying so to their families. I think we’ve all cut them too much slack for far too long.
way locks madness
If I had my way...We would lock ourselves away from that madness out there...
pieces my-own-life bits
I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life
shelter fiction recycling
I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.
aggravation gabriel
I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.
rocks age fame
I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his fame limited his freedom. You get kinder as you go along.
beautiful breakup love-you
In her opinion, the parrots were annoying arrogant. You could buy the most beautiful one in town, she observed, but that won't make it love you. You could feed it, care for it and exclaim over its loveliness, but there was nothing to guarantee that it would stay home with you. There had to be a lesson in there somewhere.
marriage mother couple
My mother once told me that if a married couple puts a penny in a pot for every time they make love in the first year, and takes a penny out every time after that, they'll never get all the pennies out of the pot.
good-friend thinking female
I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends.
gay thinking wings
I think a lot of gay people who are not dealing with their homosexuality get into right- wing politics.
care enough young
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.
solitude sloppiness reason
Solitude was no reason for sloppiness
gay like-family mama
I know I can't tell you what it's like to be gay. But I can tell you what it's not. It's not hiding behind words, Mama. Like family and decency and Christianity.
gay nasty telling-the-truth
Outing is a nasty word for telling the truth.