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

Muddled syntax is the outward and audible sign of confused minds, and the misuse of grammar the result of illogical thinking.

I went out into the world when I was about 22. I wrote books and I illustrated books and did book covers, and I taught tap-dancing, and I was a model in the art school. I had no ability for any of those things, but what else could I do?

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

As a test of the closeness of your relationship with the world, sex could never be a patch on being murdered. (That's when someone really does risk his life for you.)

The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it

I've never not been famous.