Quotes from Cleve Jones

I don't even want to go to the Pride marches anymore. The politics have been removed almost entirely. They're just huge corporate showcases.

A whole lot of the way identity politics has gone seems to me to deny empathy.

I don't blame younger generations for their lack of awareness. Americans in general are not interested in history.

If I had to say what my one greatest achievement is, it's that I lasted, and I'm still happy. I hope that comes through.

When I was saving pills to kill myself, I thought there was no hope. I thought my life was over because I was a homosexual.

I was bullied pretty badly especially in middle school. High school was not as bad as middle school, but I was not a macho kid at all. And the kids saw me as different from a very, very early age.

Everybody will always find some way of diminishing your work, but it's all a lie!

Film really is a collaborative art.