My first words, as I was being born… I looked…

My first words, as I was being born… I looked up at my mother and said, “that’s the last time I’m coming out one of those.”

Sourced, Moab is My Washpot (autobiography, 1997)

On being gay. Stephen Fry actually admitted this was a quote from a friend, not himself. (Moab Is My Washpot)

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