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Art is long and life is short.

Ginsberg was the favourite bohemian poet of straight college boys who wanted to transgress, and of gay college boys who were not yet ready to come out.

Trust the tale, not the teller.

A disproportionate number of stories are love stories _ and what is homosexuality but a special narrative of love?

A writer who can__ use his firsthand experience must turn to secondhand experience, which can lead to thirdhand clichés.

In the new style, homosexuals and heterosexuals could be equally unhappy, equally happy, and equally screwed up.

Most straight people, and many gay people, especially those who came of age more recently, don__ understand how momentous and difficult coming out was to men and women of this generation. It seems so obvious now, so banal.

Stories have the ability to take us inside all kinds of life.

A younger writer, David Leavitt, would later say he envied White for having __uch a representative life_. And it__ true: the zeitgeist blew through White more easily than it did through most people.

There was no point in doing art if you were going to be second-rate.

It says adult prison on the gates, not Hogwarts. Now, get in and say hi to your new housmate.

You know, there are several gay men on the faculty. Professor Montag makes jelly beans look colorless(...)

Oh, hell. You're a fairy," I said. "Yeah," he said. "You know, they call it 'being gay' nowadays, but sure, whatever.

Before you say it, Derek's boyfriend doesn't look anything like me. ""How would you know?

She decided that if Lucas was gay then she was going to have to get a sex change operation. He would be so worth it.

It happened to me just this year with a beautiful boy I started hanging out with. Call me a hormonal teenager if you want, but evidently I haven__ grown out of this experience. His name, his voice, his face, his laugh - anything was enough to make my heart start beating faster. It__ the spark.

It takes a certain kind of man willing to work long, grueling hours in a career offering few rewards.

Hustling sex for cash ain__ dangerous if you learn the tricks quick, and that means puttin_ yourself in a different mindset. Always scout for an exit for when you need it. Act confident and tough and you won__ get hurt. Being scared or nervous will get you cut up and stuffed in a fuckin_ bag.