There are easier things in life than being a drag queen. But I ain't got no choice. Try as I may, I just can't walk in flats.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

How often are the perpetrators of hate-crimes discovered to be self-loathing? Valued individuals do not strike out against strangers.

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.

There's nothing I need from anyone except love and respect, and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.

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.

I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.