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John Rechy Quotes

I'm Mexican-American, but for a long time I was pushed out of any references to Mexican-American writers. It was easier to come out as a gay man than it was to come out as a Mexican-American.

I'm Mexican-American, but for a long time I was pushed out of any references to Mexican-American writers. It was easier to come out as a gay man than it was to come out as a Mexican-American.

"'I'm a Writer Who Hustled, Not a Hustler Who Wrote': An Interview With John Rechy". Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. December 9, 2013.

Just the absence of loneliness. That's love enough.

John Rechy (2011). “City of Night”, p.329, Souvenir Press

Writing is hustling of another kind.

"'I'm a Writer Who Hustled, Not a Hustler Who Wrote': An Interview With John Rechy". Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. December 9, 2013.