I was not "shoe." That's a misuse of the term "shoe," which is derived from "white shoe."

I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about.

If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about the gay world.

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 have never heard that referred to before, that term: Jewish men from Yale.

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

Calvin [Trillin] was much more of a mover and a shaker. That's all I'm saying. I was a "weenie." That was another term back then.