Armistead Maupin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Too much of a good thing is wonderful.”

“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.”

“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 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'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 consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.”

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

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

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