Top 106 Quotes by Edmund White

About Edmund White

These are some quotes by American author Edmund White Novelist, who was born on January 13, 1940.

Originally I was opposed to gay assimilation and targeted gay marriage as just another effort on the part of gays to resemble their straight neighbours.

Originally I was opposed to gay assimilation and targeted gay marriage as just another effort on the part of gays to resemble their straight neighbours.

Edmund White

In retrospect, we could see that the 1950s had been a reactionary period in America of Eisenhower blandness, of virulent anticommunism, of the 'Feminine Mystique.'

In retrospect, we could see that the 1950s had been a reactionary period in America of Eisenhower blandness, of virulent anticommunism, of the 'Feminine Mystique.'

Edmund White

The Internet's impact is immense. My students can't imagine ever paying for a book.

The Internet's impact is immense. My students can't imagine ever paying for a book.

Edmund White

I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be.

I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be.

Edmund White

In a memoir, your main contract with the reader is to tell the truth, no matter how bizarre.

In a memoir, your main contract with the reader is to tell the truth, no matter how bizarre.

Edmund White

I don't have to get married myself in order to campaign on behalf of gay marriage.

I don't have to get married myself in order to campaign on behalf of gay marriage.

Edmund White

These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected.

These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected.

Edmund White

Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet.

Edmund White

Barack Obama's decision to come out in favour of gay marriage may be a historic occasion, but it is not an isolated one. His administration has been making pro-gay noises for some time; his demographic in the upcoming election is young and educated, precisely the group that favours equality for the LGBT community.

Edmund White

When I was living in Paris in the '80s, I used to go out with an American model who couldn't speak French. But suddenly everyone could speak English because he was so cute.

When I was living in Paris in the '80s, I used to go out with an American model who couldn't speak French. But suddenly everyone could speak English because he was so cute.

Edmund White

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