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

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

- 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 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

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

I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.

I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.

- 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 believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them.

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

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

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