To make fun of an administration, to make fun of anything, Mark Twain said, is the last defense of democracy.

In truth I never really liked any of the heavy drugs, because normally my energy is up when I'm performing, and that's about it. Cocaine is nothing new. It's the pressure, I think. People use it to relieve that, and for me it is about getting numb and forgetting. I have a reverse metabolic reaction to the stuff.

I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.

When your spinal cord freezes up, you're vulnerable to everything. But he [Chrestopher Reese] was tough as nails. And he kept a great, kind of dark sense of humor about it, but also was able to accomplish amazing things.

You need a touch of madness, just enough that you don't become stupid!

I went to rehab [for alcoholism] in wine country, just to keep my options open.

My first day as a woman and I am already having hot flushes