When asked, 'Shall I tell my mother I'm gay?', I reply, 'Never tell your mother anything.

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

I like living in one room and have never known what people do with the room they are not in.

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

Every day someone notices me and waves to me, or stops and speaks to me, or asks me for an autograph, or photographs me.

In fact I try to spend at least one, if not two days without ever leaving my room. Because if I didn't, when would I recharge my batteries?

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.