I get just as much of a thrill out of constructing a good sentence that gets a laugh at the end as I do from a joke

The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer.

A lot of gay men have a lot of sex. That's what we do. But I've stopped all that-the revolving door into my bedroom. Promiscuity. That was of its day, really.

I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books

It was all about wanting to get revenge. Pathetic, really, but it still is the motivation.

Just because someone's dead doesn't mean it's over. My grandfather died more than 25 years ago, but I still think of him a lot and smell his smell.

I think Australians like a bit of vulgarity