Literary Birthday – 13 May – Armistead Maupin

Happy Birthday, Armistead Maupin, born on 13 May 1944.

Armistead Maupin Quotes

1. If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A black shelf, a women’s shelf, and a gay shelf.
2. Garbage, you know, is very revealing. It beats the shit out of tarot cards.
3. Being in love is the only transcendent experience.
4. The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.
5. I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.
6. I can’t imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you’ve made a strong impact on the lives of other people. Just because I’ve heard it before does not mean I don’t want to hear it one more time.
7. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir.

Armistead Maupin is an American writer of literary fiction. He is best known for his Tales of the City series of novels. They follow the lives of the inhabitants of 28 Barbary Lane in 1970s San Francisco. Maupin is also the author of Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener. His most recent books in the Tales series are Michael Tolliver Lives, Mary Ann in Autumn, The Days of Anna Madrigal, and Mona of the Manor. Three miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Tales novels. The Night Listener became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. Maupin has also written the memoir Logical Family. Follow him on Instagram.

Source for Image: Author’s website

by Amanda Patterson

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