Author: Armistead Maupin

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I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

- Armistead Maupin

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.

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

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.

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

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

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.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

- Armistead Maupin

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.

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

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.

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

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.

- Armistead Maupin

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

- Armistead Maupin

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