Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

The world was very feminine when I was young. And now it's very masculine.

A fair share of anything is starvation diet to an egomaniac.

All this cut-price transcendentalism does not prevent California from being a startlingly physical state. This becomes most obvious where Los Angeles saunters down to the sea. The region is called Venice.

In Manhattan, when you're out of the front door, you're on, and you have to be ready to smile and speak to people.

I don't think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn't something you've done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed.

You can't be a person and a lady. If you're a person, you can open the damned door yourself.