There was a lot really awful about that time [in fifties] if you were gay.

[Larry Kramer] thinks Charles de Gaulle was gay. He thinks Max Schmeling was gay.

Calvin [Trillin] has never done anything majorly objectionable.

Tony Kushner has said that Larry [Kramer] thinks everyone always has to agree with him.

I'm persona non grata at the New Yorker.

[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a big difference.

I'm not denying Christ by not being Christian. I'm a theist, which involves expanding on the Christ narrative.