If you can accept your differentness and learn to love it and encourage it…

If you can accept your differentness and learn to love it and encourage it, then you can be someone wonderful.…

If you let your character define your personality instead of keeping your true self separate…

If you let your character define your personality instead of keeping your true self separate, your character will get you.…

They come to see me, and they keep coming back, because I say and do things they’d love to do…

They come to see me, and they keep coming back, because I say and do things they’d love to do,…

I am totally addicted to my work…

I am totally addicted to my work. I love it very much and I am always working. When I stop…

Oh, there was a time when I considered being a foreign diplomat…

Oh, there was a time when I considered being a foreign diplomat. But I didn’t think they were appointing women…

It’s dangerous to read reviews – the good ones or the bad ones…

It’s dangerous to read reviews ”“ the good ones or the bad ones. I was crippled twice in my career…

I think that people should never stop working no matter how old they are…

I think that people should never stop working no matter how old they are. I think there should be no…

White males, boy. They’re so full of shit …

White males, boy. They’re so full of shit they’re gonna get theirs from the Third World and from women. (People…

As for being categorized, I don’t think anyone could categorize me at all …

As for being categorized, I don’t think anyone could categorize me at all ”“ because I’m beginning to get all…

You know, I like people to make me laugh…

You know, I like people to make me laugh. It’s the only way to survive. The whole thing, after all,…

People have said nice things about me and incredibly nasty things about me…

People have said nice things about me and incredibly nasty things about me, it’s hard for me ”“ I won’t…

I think I am a little bit of a schizophrenic…

I think I am a little bit of a schizophrenic, because I have a lot of little characters who live…

I know now that I can take people on a theatrical adventure …

I know now that I can take people on a theatrical adventure or I can take them on a musical…

I became more sure of myself as a person when I took the anti-advertising stand …

I became more sure of myself as a person when I took the anti-advertising stand and decided I wouldn’t let…

My whole life had been spent waiting for an epiphany…

“My whole life had been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God’s presence, the kind of transcendent, magical…

“We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that. And I thought of it first. So there!”

“We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that. And I thought…

I’m pretty gutsy, but I’m intimidated by tremendous accomplishment… and by people who are very tall.

I’m pretty gutsy, but I’m intimidated by tremendous accomplishment”¦ and by people who are very tall.

“I married a saint and gave birth to an angel.”

“I married a saint and gave birth to an angel.”

If only I’d known that one day my differentness would be an asset

“If only I’d known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been…

In Hawaii I was the chief chunker in a pineapple canning factory

In Hawaii I was the chief chunker in a pineapple canning factory. I used to come home smelling like a…

I’ m very happy to be here as a politically active Hollywood woman

I’ m very happy to be here as a politically active Hollywood woman. I used to be a sexually active…

Pleeeeeese! Pleeeeese! People! A diva never, never does requests.

Pleeeeeese! Pleeeeese! People! A diva never, never does requests. (from “Experience the Divine” 1993)

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, “I’ll be nice, and…

I always try to balance the light with the heavy …

I always try to balance the light with the heavy ”“ a few tears of human spirit in with the…

I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.

I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.

When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.

When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.

Make sure that life is a rare entertainment!

Make sure that life is a rare entertainment! It doesn’t take anything drastic. You needn’t be gorgeous or wealthy or…