Never sweep. After four years the dirt gets no worse.

In New York, I find people so courteous and so generous. Free drinks in bars. Free taxi rides.

The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love. Then the burden becomes intolerable at once.

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

Ask yourself, if there was to be no blame, and if there was to be no praise, who would I be then?

Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously. Adultery? Phooey! You should never subjugate yourself to another nor seek the subjugation of someone else to yourself. If you follow that Crispian principle you will be able to say Phooey, too, instead of reaching for your gun when you fancy yourself betrayed.

When I was young, I and the whole world thought that all homosexuals were effeminate. And of course they're not. You can just see which people are effeminate; that's the only difference. So, I became a prototype of the effeminate man, because I was conspicuously effeminate. But camp is not something I do, it's something I am.