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Armistead Maupin
American
Novelist
About the author
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
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.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Now
#Freedom
#Age
#Fame
When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Planning
#Internet
I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Life
I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Truth
It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Life
#May
#Writer
#Pressure
#Interest
#Mystery
Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Love
#Fun
#Blind
My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. 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.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Life
#People
#Being
#Youth
#Regret
#Mistake
#Gay
The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#People
#World
Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Age
#Fact
I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Life
#Instinct
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.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Fans
#Film
#Suffering
#Friendship
But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#People
#Children
#Men
#Gay
#Shadows
I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Writing
#Jokes
#Amusement
I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Fiction
Being in love is the only transcendent experience.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Love
#Being
#Experience
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 opportunity for instant communication with strangers.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#World
#Today
#Opportunity
#Strangers
#Fraud
#Communication
#Possibility
#Internet
For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Time
#People
#Celebrity
#Pleasure
I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#People
#Children
#Age
#Gay
I can't imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you've made a strong impact on the lives of other people. Just because I've heard it before does not mean I don't want to hear it one more time.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Want
#Time
#People
#Writer
I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's easier to get to the truth by not claiming that you are speaking it. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Truth
#Fiction
I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Faith
#Nature
#Human nature
#Strangers
I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#People
#Years
#Celebrity
#Being
#Value
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.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#Life
#People
#Youth
#Mistake
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.
Armistead Maupin,
American
Novelist
#People
#Will
#Drugs
#Addiction