Armistead Maupin: What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Armistead Maupin said elsewhere, not written here

The coming out letter I wrote in Tales Of The City – it seems to be the thing that’s going to last after I’m gone.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗

Others on this question

Zandra Rhodes British fashion designer

Founding the Fashion and Textile Museum.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 July 2021 source ↗

Winning the first Green seat in parliament – although that’s cheating, really, as it was very much a collective achievement by the whole party.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Marina Abramović Performance artist

That performance art has become a part of mainstream art.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2024 source ↗

Nish Kumar British stand-up comedian and presenter

I learned how to play The Wind Cries Mary guitar solo.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 February 2019 source ↗

As a kind man who told good stories.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗

Not a lawyer, which was what I told everyone, because my father wanted me to be one.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗

I would have come out earlier.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗

My friend Ian McKellen, who has an extraordinary record as an actor and a gay activist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗

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