I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane.

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.

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

It takes a lot to become a foster parent.

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

I think Democracy is threatened in a way it hasn't been in two hundred years, and if America doesn't stand up, we're in big trouble.

I'm not asking that people accept homosexuality. I'm not asking that they believe like I do that it's inborn. I'm not asking that. All I'm saying is don't let these children suffer without a family because of your bias.