What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Anyway know a citation or source for this Paul Newman quote?

"I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant."
— Paul Newman

The Quotable Queer: Fabulous Wit and Wisdom from the Gays, the Straight, and Everybody In-Between by Minnie Van Pileup (Best)

Paul Newman: A Life by Shawn Levy

Paul Newman by Eric Lax

Hi, Are you saying the quotes are in all three sources, or to check them for the quote? Thanks :-)

Found the full quote in The Quotable Queer. Found partial quotes in the other two.

Hi Juels! I appreciate your checking for me. I went to Amazon and "looked inside" The Quotable Queer where I saw the quote BUT it doesn't cite it/note its source anywhere that I can see. I have a friend, a Conservative, who wanted proof that Newman said it. I do not doubt he said it but wanted to show her a citation. In the other two books, I'll bet there are footnotes. Do you have copies of them or did you just google? If you have copies, perhaps you can check the footnotes or just tell me which chapter I can look in and I'll find them in a book store. Thank you very much :-) Sharon

How much of a citation do you need? The Quotable Queer seems to be a bunch of quotes with a note of who it came from. This one is on page 80.

https://books.google.com/books?id=a6s...


Here's more, one of these appears to have a footnote number attached. So it may be helpful:
https://books.google.com/books?id=_bM...

https://books.google.com/books?id=evR...

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/paul_new...

I think I'll try the one from Cengage Learning and run it by her. They publish textbooks. The Quotable Queer identifies the quoter but not where or when they said it, which is what I was looking for. I truly don't think books are pubished without checking on the info but if they are not going to cite where they got the info, then the info hasn't been verified. Even in the footnote in the book at the 2nd link, they quote the webiste thinkexist.com where the quote is traced to a member who posted it without a source. Thank you for all of your trouble!!!

You're welcome. Sorry it isn't what you needed. I'll let you know if I find anything more reputable.

OK, but I don't think you should go out of your way the least little bit, unless you are interested yourself. It apparently is a well-known quote as it's published in many places and it also sounds like him. Eventually, the source will surface. I may look through some books at the book store one of these days. Wising you the best!

If it helps, sounds like the quote was during a discussion about the film "The Front Runner".

I looked that up and it sounds like Paul once wanted to help get a film made from a book of that name about both running and homosexuality, but it sounds like it never got made. Very knowledgeable of you to know of it.

Are we any closer to assigning this to a particular book?

If it's not in any book but from a magazine, newspaper, or TV interview, we can put it in Solved-Other.

Looks like someone moved this to Solved.