One of the few nice things about [time in Yale] was you got to know people before there were labels on them, so you got to know them as people, not as either gay or straight. Because as far as we knew, we thought everyone was straight.
You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember w… - Kevin Sessums
You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember w…
- Kevin Sessums
When one person mentors, two lives are changed. - Kevin Sessums
When one person mentors, two lives are changed.
[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a … - Kevin Sessums
[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a …
There's always a door you don't get in. I'm a star in my own right for certain things. I'll own that. During Oscar weekend I did fabulous things. But… - Kevin Sessums
There's always a door you don't get in. I'm a star in my own right for certain things. I'll own that. During Oscar weekend I did fabulous things. But…
It's always been hard to be gay in Washington. - Kevin Sessums
It's always been hard to be gay in Washington.
If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about the gay world. - Kevin Sessums
If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about the gay world.
"Weenie" was definitely a word we used at Yale back then. But I'm not sure you were one, Larry [Kramer]. Also, you were going by a different name. - Kevin Sessums
"Weenie" was definitely a word we used at Yale back then. But I'm not sure you were one, Larry [Kramer]. Also, you were going by a different name.
I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about. - Kevin Sessums
I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about.
I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available to a gay writer. - Kevin Sessums
I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available to a gay writer.
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