To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community.

I would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that.

Finding someone to share your life with is one of the most important things a human can do and was preached to me by my mother.

I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it's really great that people are recognizing who I am and what I do. You look at Shaq and you see a basketball player. You look at Tiger Woods and you see a golfer. But people are responding to who I am.

When you have an audience standing and screaming the entire way through the short program and cheering every element you do, whether it's footwork, or spin, or a jump, to have that kind of emotion coming at you from every direction in the building, it's the most amazing sensation you can get as a sportsman.

I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me.