Armistead Maupin
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I think one can be more honest in fiction than in a memoir. 
A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look a... 
At its best, fiction cultivates fantasy and compassion; at its worst, memoir provokes schadenfreude ... 
Writing a novel is easier than writing a memoir; you are not constrained by the truth. 
A memoir is my version of events. My perspective. I choose what to tell and what to omit. I choose t... 
It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'... 
When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not disting... 
To be, or not to be, that is the question. 
There are some subjects that can only be tackled in fiction. 
It's not a classic and it is also not fiction but a bold choice ... it's a gut-wrenching memoir. 
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... 
Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience... 
The producer had to stop recording and wait for me to compose myself, ... There are quite a few plac... 
To be or not to be. That's not really a question. 
I write in a very melodic way, so that will never leave. I think my records will always tend to be a... 
Ah, much deluded! lay aside
I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, n... 
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. 
How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepanc... 
The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can b... 
When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress i... 
Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English. 
I needed my life as a springboard for my fiction. I have to have something solid under my feet when ... 
I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my... 
There is a lot of scepticism today as to whether memoir is real. But when fiction is done at a certa... 
I've always loved massive worlds, whether in fantasy or science fiction. I like the idea of maki... 
Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices,... 
Everyone else thinks I'm a nonfiction writer. I think it's because my nonfiction is easier t... 
I did go through graduate school and I like to do research, to create something that has a certain o... 
You can be all that you want to be.
There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I... 
I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life. 
It's not as much an expose as it is a memoir, with some things that seem to have shocked and horrifi... 
Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help cr... 
I would be so mad if I saw something called a memoir, and then it was Mike Birbiglia. It would be so... 
I have no sense of a model or predecessor when I write a memoir: For me, the form exists as a method... 
To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. 
Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be... 
Be yourself, be who you can be. 
Some people think memoirs should be held to a perfect journalistic standard. Some people don't. ... 
Now I say I'm a diarist with an explanation I'll get back to you on. Someday I may try and w... 
Remember, science fiction's always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to c... 
Management interests me at some stage in my life, I have always said that. When that will be I reall... 
All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... 
You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ... 
I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you. 
I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction you're going to get bashed... 
I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'... 
When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in ... 
Oh, Mona, we're all damned fools! Some of us just have more fun with it than others. Loosen up, dear... 
But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wreckin...