Armistead Maupin Novelist Quotations

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

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

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I wish we could have used more than we used, but there is a certain conventional wisdom about filmmaking that says that long phone calls are taboo.

Well, Terry and I broke up 10 years ago. So the healing that was going to happen, happened. So mostly this was a stroll down memory lane.

But I love to travel with my partner, reading, sitting in the garden, smoking dope, and going to movies. Not necessarily in that order.