Edmund White : (3)

" Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in gay life). " - Edmund White

" I can think of no other writer who so thoroughly embodies the Jamesian spirit as Alison Lurie. Like him she can excavate all the possibilities of a theme. Like his, her books seem long, unbroken threads, seamless progressions of effects. " - Edmund White

" Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom. " - Edmund White