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
Armistead Maupin quotes about
destination fifth
There is no fifth destination.
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.
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 america black
If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A black shelf, a women's shelf, and a gay shelf.
honesty gay numbers
The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.
being-in-love love-is transcendent
Being in love is the only transcendent experience.
addiction people drug
But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wrecking their lives with addiction, which seems much more severe.
new-york teenager years
The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up a friendship with one of his fans, an abused 14-year-old teenager who is suffering from AIDS, who does not have much longer to live.
mistake loving-someone people
I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.
strong giving fake
The hell of it is, I know the answer. The answer is that you never, ever, rely on another person for your peace of mind. If you do, you're screwed but good. Not right away, maybe, but sooner or later. You have to -- I don't know --you have to learn to live with yourself. You have to learn to turn back your own sheets and set a table for one without feeling pathetic. You have to be strong and confident and pleased with yourself and never give the slightest impression that you can't hack it without that certain goddamn someone. You have to fake the hell out of it.
valentines-day fun valentines-day
Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.
thinking intuition storytelling
I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.
gay thinking wings
I think a lot of gay people who are not dealing with their homosexuality get into right- wing politics.