I think many writers write because it's a convenient way to explain themselves to themselves. We take the chaos and the turmoil and the bullshit of our lives, and we make it into something that has a harmonious shape and sound.
The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives. - Armistead Maupin
The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.
- Armistead Maupin
Being in love is the only transcendent experience. - Armistead Maupin
Being in love is the only transcendent experience.
When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975 that the American Psychiatric Associat… - Armistead Maupin
When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975 that the American Psychiatric Associat…
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 mo… - Armistead Maupin
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 mo…
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 ti… - Armistead Maupin
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 ti…
But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportuni… - Armistead Maupin
But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportuni…
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 bu… - Armistead Maupin
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 bu…
Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun. - Armistead Maupin
Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.
Oh, Mona, we're all damned fools! Some of us just have more fun with it than others. Loosen up, dear! Don't be so afraid to cry . . . or laugh, for t… - Armistead Maupin
Oh, Mona, we're all damned fools! Some of us just have more fun with it than others. Loosen up, dear! Don't be so afraid to cry . . . or laugh, for t…
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