138 Quotes by Larry Kramer

Religion is such an icky, sticky thing, full of tortuous – well, everything. Why is it so essential for man to be forced, for that is what religion relies on, force, to believe in anything but himself? And this is what John Winthrop should represent for us: the utter disdain he and Puritanism have for the self, for the human, for the human being.

There’s no question that the gay movement would not be as far along as it is without AIDS. But how can there be any other issue in the face of death, possible extinction?

By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.