“I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my...” — Armistead Maupin Quote

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started.”

“For us to keep claiming this isn't Hip Hop and that isn't Hip Hop doesn't make sense to me.”

“Claiming your life for yourself feels like a huge deal until you do it.”