Usually, when you see clothes on a model, by some transitive property, that garment is imbued with her beauty.

I love fiction's ability to allow me to inhabit a wholly different life.

A writer cannot be judged for his project, only its execution.

When I go out, I'm always dressed up. Not in drag but always prepared to be 'on.' Just in case somebody's going to take a picture. Everyone has a Facebook page, so no matter what, I'm prepared to service the public.

All things to do with drag are inherently therapeutic because the realization of your own insanity is the beginning of sanity.

Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I'm doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn't embraced by anyone else.

Unfortunately, in our culture, one person can write a letter to the network, and they shut something down. It's unfortunate.

Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.

I've lived my whole life in the life - I've lived my whole life doing the thing, I've been doing my own thing. And I think my life speaks volumes about what one must do.

Doing drag in a male-dominant culture is an act of treason. It's the most punk-rock thing you can do.

There are only two types of people in the world. There are the people who understand that this is a matrix, and then there are the people who buy it lock, stock and barrel.

My spiritual practice reminds me of what's really real, what's really hood.

We humans are still a very primitive culture, and it's one of the traps we've fallen into over the course of our lives - to forget our history. That's why George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is so profound. It chronicles our short memory.

I always did what I thought was interesting. I always just did what caught my fantasy. Looking like a woman, that was never the criteria for me. It was always to do drag. And drag is not gender-specific. Drag is just drag. It's exaggeration.

I loved 'Carol.' I thought it was a beautiful film.

In my life, I've been able to really examine society in a way most people who aren't outsiders don't get a chance to do.

It's true in everything, not just in drag: To be a success, you have to understand the landscape. You have to know thyself, and you have to know your history so that you can draw from people who have figured out the equation you are faced with. It's not rocket science.

Drag queens have always taken on that role of spilling the tea - and the tea is the emperor has no clothes!

I've always been interested in what else is here, what lies beneath.

Anna Wintour is a very smart woman. She's a Scorpio, like me.

Drag has always been the thing you turn to to remember to not take yourself too seriously.

I love games. My favorite thing on this planet to do is to play games. And if you don't enjoy games, then you're really missing the point of what this life is.

It's hard to get intimate with an audience.

Everyone has a really short attention span, and you have to bombard them with content, content, content.

I love drag, and I love people who gravitate toward it. Because the people who do drag are people who dance to the beat of a different drummer.

My focus is on love and inclusiveness.

I have always worked and did my work on the fringe, where I have feel very comfortable.

I try to do three active things a day because I have to fit into costumes that are very tight.

I've still never gotten used to myself in drag.

I love Ashford & Simpson, and I love the Brothers Gibb. They are amazing.

The only time you will ever see me in drag is when I am - What? Getting paid. It is my job.

Usually, people who don't have a broad perspective see gay people as servants - as people who are there to make them look good.

It's a neutralizing mantra to say to everybody, 'I come in peace.' I come in peace. That's why it's important.

I've always been drawn to people who dance to the beat of a different drum; it didn't matter if they were in film or music or fashion.

I had mentors, growing up in gay life - older gay men who told me about our history and the history of art and culture - but somehow, the younger generation missed out on that synergy.

I've always idolized people who can write songs.

If you're upset by something I said, you have bigger problems than you think.

Mainstream's never appealed to me, really. I mean, I've become popular over the years in certain areas. But mainstream, you know, I would rather the mainstream come to me.

Drag is really about reminding people that you are more than you think you are - you are more than what it says on your passport.

I've been on both sides; I've interviewed people, and I do an okay job, I guess. But it's awful. Because you feel like you have to defend your life, which is such an interesting concept. It's not an easy process to sit down and talk about, 'What's your motivation?' Because as I'm answering, I'm working it out for myself at the same time.

The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal directive but society's directive is mind-boggling and heroic. It's courageous.

Young people need to know there are ways for them to navigate this life.

I don't think there is a life in the mundane 9-to-5 hypocrisy. That's not living.

The whole point is to live life and be - to use all the colors in the crayon box.

'The Wizard of Oz' is my favourite. It explains what life on this planet is about. Although Dorothy reaches Oz, she finds she had what she needed to go back to Kansas all along, but the Good Witch tells her that she had to learn it for herself. All of the answers to the meaning of life are there.

It's important to remember that you're born naked, and the rest is drag.

Never forget that the most political thing you can ever do is follow your heart.

I dance to the beat of a different drummer.

Don't believe the hype; don't believe what it tells you on your driver's license. You are an extension of the power that created this whole universe.

The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can't be your parent's definition, the media's definition, or your neighbor's definition. Otherwise, success will never satisfy you.