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Armistead Maupin

Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. (born May 13, 1944) is an American writer, best known for Tales of the City, a series of novels set in San Francisco.

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I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends.

Female, Friends, Good Friend, Males, Settle, Thinking

But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wrecking their lives with addiction, which seems much more severe.

Addiction, Drug, Drugs, People, Say

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

Adjusted, Aggravation, Gabriel

Solitude was no reason for sloppiness

Reason, Sloppiness, Solitude

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.

Children, Friendships, Gay, Men, Think

Outing is a nasty word for telling the truth.

Gay, Nasty, Telling, Telling The Truth, Word

The hell of it is, I know the answer. The answer is that you never, ever, rely on another person for your peace of mind. If you do, you're screwed but good. Not right away, maybe, but sooner or later. You have to -- I don't know --you have to learn to live with yourself. You have to learn to turn back your own sheets and set a table for one without feeling pathetic. You have to be strong and confident and pleased with yourself and never give the slightest impression that you can't hack it without that certain goddamn someone. You have to fake the hell out of it.

Away, Fake, Giving, Goddamn, Screwed, Strong

Writing is too hard not to do exactly what you want to do. It's a very draining and agonizing process for me, and I don't want to live with any piece of work that I don't believe in completely. I have to believe completely in what I'm doing. It has grown organically out of my own experience.

Agonizing, Believe, Live, Piece, Writing

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

Fiction, Prefer, Recycling, Shelter, Tend

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

Intuition, Rescued, Storytelling, Think, Thinking

I think there are strands in all of our lives that can be seen if we step back to recognize them. Coincidence is probably as close as I'll get to having spirituality. I do see patterns in my life sometimes, and I am thrilled by what I see. I don't think I'm going to have any further shot at it after death, and I don't think there's anybody upstairs orchestrating it for me, but I do think it happens. If there are miracles in my life, they are rooted in the fact of coincidence.

Close, Having, Miracle, Rooted, Spirituality, Thinking

I’m pissed off at my Republican family back in North Carolina, several of whom came to my wedding, but who went right back and are voting for homophobes and acting like it doesn’t matter. It does matter and it’s time for the queers in this country to start saying so to their families. I think we’ve all cut them too much slack for far too long.

Carolina, Country, Cutting, North, Queers, Thinking

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.

Age, Fame, Felt, Kinder, Picked, Rocks

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

Blind, Braille, Fun, Love, Valentine'S Day, Valentines Day

I felt very close to God. . . . My friends say that's because I was always on my knees.

Felt, Friends, Knees, My Friends, Say

Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on. " The older woman poured herself a glass of sangria. "Screw that," she said quietly. "What?" "Screw that. Wash your mouth out. Who taught you that half-assed existential drivel?

Glass, Glasses, Half, Light, Said, Screw

Mona knocked at the wrong time. “Uh…yeah…wait a minute, Mona -- ” Mona shouted through the door. “Room service, gentlemen. Just pull the covers up. ” Michael grinned at Jon. “My roommate. Brace yourself. ” Seconds later, Mona burst through the doorway with a tray of coffee and croissants. “Hi! I’m Nancy Drew! You must be the Hardy Boys!

Boys, Coffee, Doors, Jon, Mona, Service

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.

Heart, Hopeless Romantic, Romantic, Stubborn, Taureans, Tough

I think many writers write because it's a convenient way to explain themselves to themselves. We take the chaos and the turmoil and the bullshit of our lives, and we make it into something that has a harmonious shape and sound.

Bullshit, Think, Thinking, Way, Write, Writing

In her opinion, the parrots were annoying arrogant. You could buy the most beautiful one in town, she observed, but that won't make it love you. You could feed it, care for it and exclaim over its loveliness, but there was nothing to guarantee that it would stay home with you. There had to be a lesson in there somewhere.

Beautiful, Breakup, Care, Love, Love You, Nothing

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