“Pauline Kael drifts away from a half-hearted analysis of 'Kane' to the most lively gossip imaginable about the alleged birth-pangs and labor-pains of the script. Bit by bit, 'Raising Kane' becomes an excuse to lower the boom on Orson Welles so as to resurrect the reputation of the late Herman J. Mankiewicz.”

“After this is over, I’ve done my thing for America. This is my legacy for the folks. Somebody has to have the guts to show the others we can do it.”

“Anyone who doubts that this is a political trial should consider the indictment against Angela Davis which mentions, as 'overt acts' to be regarded as evidence of criminal intent”

Coming out is a beginning. Marching to Sheep Meadow is a beginning. Dancing our way to liberation is a beginning. But only a part of it.

"Mike's three big Christopher Street operations are Chris­topher's End, when it's open, the Studio Book Store, and Gay Dogs. Mike calls himself a gay catalyst and flesh peddler. He deals in boy-boy sex"

"When John and Paul married they married hard. It was as if their ambivalent relationship to the sexuality of rock and roll fi­nally caught up with them. Men in groups gave way to couples"

“It’s easy to love the Cockettes… I traveled with them for 10 days, and it was pure insanity all the way.”