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

Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.

My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.

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

A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.

The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.