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Armistead Maupin
American
Novelist
Born:
May 13
,
1944
Age
Always
Life
Me
People
You
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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
Life
Gay
Youth
Mistake
Yourself
People
Regret
Long
Damn
Too
Out
Feared
About
Someone
Only
Could
Make
Been
Short
Being
Repressed
Loving
But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.
Armistead Maupin
Today
Communication
Phones
World
Opportunity
Internet
Cell Phones
Strangers
Possibility
Fraud
More
Instant
Because
Cell
Even
Aware
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.
Armistead Maupin
Friendship
Suffering
Fans
Live
AIDS
Teenager
Strikes
City
Longer
Abuse
New
Involves
Does
His
Up
Itself
York
New York
New York City
Gabriel
Storyteller
Much
Who
Radio
Film
I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.
Armistead Maupin
Myself
Better
Consider
Adjusted
Than
Gabriel
Much
I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.
Armistead Maupin
Faith
Nature
Lost
Human Nature
Strangers
Human
Decided
Less
Compassionate
Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9.
Armistead Maupin
Age
Complete
Fact
Well
Hitchcock
Maybe
Fanatic
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.
Armistead Maupin
Gay
People
Amazing
Men
Think
Shadows
Having
How
How Many People
Off
Friendships
Children
Should
Many
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.
Armistead Maupin
Gay
Age
People
Believe
Every
Stripe
Firmly
Very
Role
Role Models
Models
Interacting
Children
Them
Should
Means
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.
Armistead Maupin
Together
People
Value
Would
Had
He
Like
Know
Him
Because
Terry
Were
Years
Years Ago
Celebrity
Did
Precisely
Being
Ask
Suggested
Appreciate
I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.
Armistead Maupin
Tend
Shelter
Fiction
Prefer
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
Life
Youth
Mistake
Yourself
People
Damn
Too
Out
Feared
Someone
Could
Make
Been
Short
Loving
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
Truth
You
Easier
Claiming
Memoir
Memoirs
Some
Some Things
Tend
Through
Write
Never
Said
Always
Get
Fiction
Speaking
Things
Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.
Armistead Maupin
Love
Like
Blind
Said
Always
Were
Braille
Much
Fun
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