I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.

I'm the clown you take out of the box and wind up when you need a good laugh. And then, when you're done with me, I go back in my box.

You can say anything you want to say about me. But don't you dare address overweight people with terrible names and ugly remarks. That is what upsets me.

This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time

I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me.

If I don't take care of myself, if I don't feel good about myself, how can I help others?

Puberty for me was graduating from Thousand Island salad dressing to Caesar salads. It was like going from hot dogs and hamburgers to beef stroganoff, or from ice cream in a cone to creme brulee.