“What does it mean to understand oneself within a specific juncture of AIDS history?”

“I couldn’t help but notice that other critics weren’t at the Pyramid Club or 8BC at 2 in the morning.”

“Most of my books are, at heart, me banging my head against a brick wall.”

“For the men who died before us, we are definitely the generation that they were praying for.”

“Withholding is not about opacity or refusal, it is about participating on one’s own terms.”

“We have a sense of solidarity, not only across any social, political, or cultural differences, but across time.”

“Douglas’ insistence on emerging politically out of the confinement of being labeled a problem remains life-giving.”

“Nothing makes a community like a fucking disaster.”