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Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I never appear in any of your work, come to think of it, Calvin [Trillin]. And I look."

I never appear in any of your work, come to think of it, Calvin [Trillin]. And I look.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I don't write poetry for the New Yorker. My poems appear in the Nation, mostly."

I don't write poetry for the New Yorker. My poems appear in the Nation, mostly.




Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I could appear in this million-word book [Larry Kramer] are working on. Nobody would even notice me."

I could appear in this million-word book [Larry Kramer] are working on. Nobody would even notice me.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I think it's a Jewish Yale custom. I wasn't aware that other people celebrated Christmas. My wife was very big on Christmas, and I was very big on my wife."

I think it's a Jewish Yale custom. I wasn't aware that other people celebrated Christmas. My wife was very big on Christmas, and I was very big on my wife.




Kevin Sessums Quotes: "We don't like to say that [my wife was Jewish] because her mother was Jewish, which means she was Jewish. So don't imply that my wife was a shikse."

We don't like to say that [my wife was Jewish] because her mother was Jewish, which means she was Jewish. So don't imply that my wife was a shikse.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "Larry [Kramer] had already experienced so much loss by then from the AIDS epidemic. But I don't think it changed anything between us."

Larry [Kramer] had already experienced so much loss by then from the AIDS epidemic. But I don't think it changed anything between us.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "Everyone disappoints [Larry Kramer]. So it's not a problem for him either way."

Everyone disappoints [Larry Kramer]. So it's not a problem for him either way.




Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I'm persona non grata at the New Yorker."

I'm persona non grata at the New Yorker.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I've done every other thing in life except intimacy. That's the aberration, the thing I've never had."

I've done every other thing in life except intimacy. That's the aberration, the thing I've never had.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "Calvin [Trillin] has never done anything majorly objectionable."

Calvin [Trillin] has never done anything majorly objectionable.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "[ John] Winthrop was the man who first said America was "a city upon a hill," which [Ronald] Reagan then appropriated. There are incidents like that all through history. We have been here."

[ John] Winthrop was the man who first said America was "a city upon a hill," which [Ronald] Reagan then appropriated. There are incidents like that all through history. We have been here.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I have never heard that referred to before, that term: Jewish men from Yale."

I have never heard that referred to before, that term: Jewish men from Yale.




Kevin Sessums Quotes: "We didn't know each other [with Larry Kramer at Yale], but we had a lot of mutual friends."

We didn't know each other [with Larry Kramer at Yale], but we had a lot of mutual friends.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I was not "shoe." That's a misuse of the term "shoe," which is derived from "white shoe.""

I was not "shoe." That's a misuse of the term "shoe," which is derived from "white shoe."



Kevin Sessums Quotes: ""Weenie" was definitely a word we used at Yale back then. But I'm not sure you were one, Larry [Kramer]. Also, you were going by a different name."

"Weenie" was definitely a word we used at Yale back then. But I'm not sure you were one, Larry [Kramer]. Also, you were going by a different name.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I believe we really became friends [with Larry Kramer] when we bonded at our fifteenth class reunion in 1972."

I believe we really became friends [with Larry Kramer] when we bonded at our fifteenth class reunion in 1972.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "[Larry Kramer] said, when it was all about to fall through, "You betrayed me, Calvin." And I said, "I resent that. I was against you from the beginning.""

[Larry Kramer] said, when it was all about to fall through, "You betrayed me, Calvin." And I said, "I resent that. I was against you from the beginning."



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "To some people, knowledge and science are everything. To me, God is everything I don't know."

To some people, knowledge and science are everything. To me, God is everything I don't know.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "Tony Kushner has said that Larry [Kramer] thinks everyone always has to agree with him."

Tony Kushner has said that Larry [Kramer] thinks everyone always has to agree with him.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I was raped. That was a hard thing to write about. I never owned that part of it. Guys don't look at themselves as being raped. We're not raised that way."

I was raped. That was a hard thing to write about. I never owned that part of it. Guys don't look at themselves as being raped. We're not raised that way.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "Hollywood needs peripheral people like me. You're not of that world, but you're needed."

Hollywood needs peripheral people like me. You're not of that world, but you're needed.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I'm not denying Christ by not being Christian. I'm a theist, which involves expanding on the Christ narrative."

I'm not denying Christ by not being Christian. I'm a theist, which involves expanding on the Christ narrative.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "Some people say you have to be a Christian to be saved. I had to stop being Christian to be saved."

Some people say you have to be a Christian to be saved. I had to stop being Christian to be saved.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I am a theist. I live life between that "a" and the "t." It's a vast little space."

I am a theist. I live life between that "a" and the "t." It's a vast little space.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "One thing I learned in sobriety is to stop being judgmental, to always be discerning. When I drive, that will be my bumper sticker."

One thing I learned in sobriety is to stop being judgmental, to always be discerning. When I drive, that will be my bumper sticker.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "[Calvin Trillin] was very "shoe," which means he was a big jock, a big deal."

[Calvin Trillin] was very "shoe," which means he was a big jock, a big deal.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: ""Shoe" just meant you were a big jock on campus no matter what field you were in."

"Shoe" just meant you were a big jock on campus no matter what field you were in.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I talked to [Larry] Kramer a little bit about it while I was writing 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was one of those people who took a long time to come out."

I talked to [Larry] Kramer a little bit about it while I was writing 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was one of those people who took a long time to come out.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "I'm sorry to keep focusing on the New Yorker, but everybody who was growing up when Calvin [Trillin] and I were growing up wanted to be published in the New Yorker."

I'm sorry to keep focusing on the New Yorker, but everybody who was growing up when Calvin [Trillin] and I were growing up wanted to be published in the New Yorker.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "That's why I tried to kill myself when I was a student [in Yale]. I thought I was the only one there."

That's why I tried to kill myself when I was a student [in Yale]. I thought I was the only one there.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "Calvin [Trillin] was much more of a mover and a shaker. That's all I'm saying. I was a "weenie." That was another term back then."

Calvin [Trillin] was much more of a mover and a shaker. That's all I'm saying. I was a "weenie." That was another term back then.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "When I graduated [from Yale], I went back to Larry [Kramer]. But when I go to Yale reunions, there are still people who call me David."

When I graduated [from Yale], I went back to Larry [Kramer]. But when I go to Yale reunions, there are still people who call me David.



Kevin Sessums Quotes: "[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a big difference."

[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a big difference.