Quotes from Armistead Maupin

I guess I'll just … play it by ear." She could have bitten her tongue off.

It's clearer and clearer as I get older that sometimes people that you share blood with are not coming along with you on the ride.

In a burst of hideous insight, DeDe realized the depth of her commitment to this marriage. She had just traded adultery for a cheeseburger and an order of french fries.

THERE WERE MORNINGS WHEN VINCENT FELT LIKE THE last hippie in the world. The Last Hippie. The phrase assumed a kind of tragic grandeur as he stood in the bathroom of his Oak Street flat, fluffing his amber mane to conceal his missing ear. If

That's all I know, except that he's probably straight." The landlady gave him a sly smile. "That's what he told you? He's probably straight?" He laughed. "Well, he's currently in love with Bruce Springsteen, so I just assumed he was." "Now wait a minute.

Help me find Vuitton." The priest scolded her with a glance. "You've lost him again?" "Of course not," said Prue. "He's around here somewhere. Vuiiiton! Here, boy!Vuiiiiiton! …

Actions have consequences. In actions have them. We set things in motion by what we don't do.

Oh . . . I'm prying, aren't I? Mrs. Madrigal smiled. I hope it means we're friends.

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.

Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9.

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.

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.

When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace.

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.

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.

Taureans are stubborn as hell. They never want to tell you what sign they are.... But underneath that tough Taurus hide beats the heart of a hopeless romantic.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.