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

My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him, family was everything. We could disagree inside the house, but outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor, he looked sideways but said okay.

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 actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.

Somebody should talk to Dan Quayle and tell him natural blondes don't have dark grey stripes on the sides.

I am thrilled - I can't stress that enough - thrilled when I see kids getting active.

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