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

Quote by Armistead Maupin

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For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time...

For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time...

I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role...

I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role...

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

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

I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out...

I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out...

The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up...

The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up...

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can...

I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can...

I can't imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you've made a...

I can't imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you've made a...

I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.

I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe...

When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe...

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's...

I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's...

My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I...

My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I...

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak...

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak...

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did...

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did...

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest...

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest...

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

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

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's...

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's...

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.