In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday’s news.

I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.

stay hungry stay foolish

YOU are a signature to be dealt with and inspire, only when you move in to your authenticity.

I yearned for the woman who could bring me to my knees then raise me up again, making me stronger than before.

Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the young but never the actual birth, which is a veiled and secret event.

I was a strange kid. I'm still strange. People didn't get me. And I didn't expect them to.

Life owes me a living worth living. Yes, Eden regarded life as her debtor, she its relentless paymaster.

The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . .

Try not to think too often, you'll only hurt yourself

I'll take a quiet life, A handshake of carbon monoxide. No alarms and no surprises...

Change your mind and it will change your life. If nothing around you changes, changes the things that are around you.