I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly.

It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last.

I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate.

I burp like everyone else and I'm promiscuous.

You don't have to say you love me, just be close at hand. You don't have to stay for ever, I will understand.

My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been for other people.

Sometimes you have to let people down in order to get on, particularly in showbusiness.

I used so much hairspray that I feel personally responsible for global warming!

My affections are easily swayed and I can be very unfaithful.

The only one who could ever reach me was the son of a preacher man.

Basically I'm a drag queen myself.

The dead speak to those who listen. Be quieter than even them.

I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.

We'd like to build a highway for healing and unity.

... if the Republicans don't bring prosperity, who on earth is going to?

Write like you're in love. Edit like you're in charge.

Our philosophy is about reaching back to move forward. We have something different to say with a sensibility that is both old and new.

Everything passes. (That's what makes it endurable.)

To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance

Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.

If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity.