The first time I remember our being socially in the same place was after we graduated and [author, investment counselor, philanthropist, and fellow 1950s Yalie] Peter Wolf had a party at his house in the Hamptons.

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

I never appear in any of your work, come to think of it, Calvin [Trillin]. And I look.

The first time I remember our being socially in the same place was after we graduated and [author, investment counselor, philanthropist, and fellow 1950s Yalie] Peter Wolf had a party at his house in the Hamptons.

I was raped: I said no and he wouldn't stop. I also had a scar on my back and blood coming out of my ass. To some that's just rough sex. Some would read that sentence and be turned on by that: the 51st Shade of Gay.

I could appear in this million-word book [Larry Kramer] are working on. Nobody would even notice me.

Hollywood needs peripheral people like me. You're not of that world, but you're needed.