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

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Armistead Maupin

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.
Armistead Maupin

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.
Armistead Maupin

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

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself.
Armistead Maupin

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.
Armistead Maupin

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.
Armistead Maupin