“Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.”

“My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him, family was everything. We could disagree inside the house, but outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor, he looked sideways but said okay.”

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life define yourself.”

“Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.”

“And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.”

“Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.”

“So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then I did on other things. He actually did a portrait of my rabbit and some other stuff. Warhol was definitely... Warhol.”

“I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks come in for many years.”

“I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!”

“To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.”

“I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.”