Louis Ironson quotes from Angels in America

Louis Ironson

There are no gods here, no ghosts and spirits in America, there are no angels in America, no spiritual past, no racial past, there's only the political, and the decoys and the ploys to maneuver around the inescapable battle of politics.

Louis Ironson

I don't believe you! Not Roy Cohn! He's like...the polestar of human evil. He's the worst human being who ever lived. He's not human, even.

Louis Ironson

I'm not saying Kaddish for him. The drugs, okay, fine, sure. But no fucking way am I praying for him. My New Deal pinko parents in Schenectady would never forgive me. They're already so disappointed. He's a fag, he's an office temp. Now look, he's praying for Roy Cohn.

Louis Ironson

I can't believe you're a Mormon. I can't believe I spent three weeks in bed with a Mormon.

Good morning. [he ruffles Louis' hair and gets up]

Louis

I can't believe you didn't tell me.

I did.

Louis

Yeah, after I asked. I thought you were a Protestant or something.

Well, I'm not.

Louis

But you're a lawyer! A serious lawyer!

The chief clerk of the chief justice of the Supreme Court is a Mormon, Louis.

But I've got better things with my time than to sit here and listen to this racist bullshit simply because I feel sorry for you-

Louis Ironson

I am not racist!

Oh, come on.

Louis Ironson

…So maybe I am a racist.

Scoffs I really hate that. It's no fun picking on you, Louis. You're so guilty. It's like throwing darts at a glob of jello. There are no satisfying hits, just quivering. The darts just plop in and vanish.

Look at that heavy sky out there.

Louis Ironson

Purple.

Purple? Boy, what kind of a homosexual are you anyway? That's not purple, Mary. That color up there is mauve.