One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career. Edmund White benefitbigcareer Change image and share on social
I asked my body if it was going to die or not from AIDS. And it said 'no.' I sort of paid attention to that. Edmund White aidaskattention Change image and share on social
I longed for literary celebrity even as I saw with my own eyes how little happiness it brought. Edmund White bringcelebrityeye Change image and share on social
I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should point out, were dreadful. Edmund White dreadfulnovelplay Change image and share on social
Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave. Edmund White eaterlandleave Change image and share on social
The culmination of a long struggle was 2013, which could clearly be labeled the Year of the Gay. State after state had legalized gay marriage, despite intense opposition from the religious right. Edmund White culminationgayintense Change image and share on social
There is a whole industry in America of people who want to write, and those who teach it. Even if the students don't end up writing, what's good about them taking the courses is, they become great readers, learning to appreciate the writing. Edmund White americacourseend share on social
Nothing lasts in New York. The life that is lived there, however, is as intense as it gets. Edmund White intenselastlife Change image and share on social
In a memoir, your main contract with the reader is to tell the truth, no matter how bizarre. Edmund White bizarrecontractmain Change image and share on social
Sometimes Peggy herself would sell tickets to her museum, and if tourists asked her if Mrs. Guggenheim was still alive, she'd assure them she wasn't. Edmund White aliveaskassure Change image and share on social
