I'm Mexican-American, but for a long time I was pushed out of any references to Mexican-American writers. It was easier to come out as a gay man than…

- John Rechy

Just the absence of loneliness. That's love enough.

- John Rechy

Writing is hustling of another kind.

- John Rechy

Gay men should not adopt the sophomoric model of heterosexual dating; gay men should always have sex first.

- John Rechy