Public school teachers in Long Island, New York, saved my life in the '70s. They were involved and invested and helpful. One took me into her family and loved me back to life. She taught me that love is not formed and families are not formed by blood. That love makes a family.

I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual.

If civil disobedience is the way to go about change, than I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco

Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was because I didn't want that adjective assigned to my name for all of eternity. You know, gay Rosie O'Donnell.

Are you fat because you're a lesbian, or are you a lesbian because you're fat?

I was 29 and I really fell in love, I think, for the first time. I was vulnerable in a way I didn't think I could be.

I know I'm a really good mother. I know it. I'm a really good mother.