Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.

There's a fine line between being private and being ashamed.

My decision not to eat animals anymore was paramount to my growth as a spiritual person. It made me aware of greed and made me more sensitive to cruelty. It made me feel like I was contributing to making the world better and that I was connected to everything around me. I felt like I was part of the whole by respecting every living thing rather than using it and destroying it by living unconsciously. Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.

Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.

Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.

Thanks so much, everybody, for making gay marriage legal, thank you for everything you've done-I'm just going to walk through that door