When my daughter was younger we showed her all the great musicals. And the great dramas and great comedies, and the one that she took to the most was Some Like It Hot.

For days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating - and then only by waiters.

Thank God for the gays. I don't know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.

Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.

What I have in me... it's not hard, and it's not cold, and it's not fierce ambition, that's not what it is. It's a drive [for success], but it's not a drive...it's being driven, it's something I have no control over. It's something pushing me, I'm not pushing myself.

You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.

If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.