I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.

New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani, capitalism - and then there was 9/11. I really believe that if I leave, it will suffer! Maybe that's why I love it here, because I feel wanted.

I will take my coffee black / never snack / hang with the wolves who are sheepish.

The operas I listen to aren't in English, and I want to listen to my opera after I'm done with it. I want to have the desire to play it on the stereo. To me, the language is part of the mystery.

I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast.

I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money.

I really need to know I may just never see you again, or might as well You took advantage of a world that loved you well I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down I'm so tired of you, America.