Quotes from RuPaul

Inside of us all is great power, creativity, and beauty.

There's a certain detachment sensitive people must maintain to endure the harsh realities of this world.

Why not put on your best everyday? Put your best foot forward. Even if it's just for yourself, even if it's for a trip to the grocery store.

If you are a liar you naturally assume everyone is lying to you. If you're a cheat you assume everyone is cheating you. If you are loving you assume everyone is loving towards you. Your experience here is a reflection of your outward projection.

Kindness only goes so far, and then it's time to show your claws.

It's important to stay in this moment right here, the now. This moment is the most important moment of your life.

There's really no way to fast-track someone because the rate that their brain is able to interpret the information they're getting is on pace with life.

Hollywood is an idea. It's not a real place.

My love life has never been of interest to people. Of course I have a love life; I have a real life outside of show business.

Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.

I'm ambitious. I work hard.

Throughout my life, I have always believed in love; I've always put my heart in love. But I've seen fear take people so often. It's very scary.

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.

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

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

I haven't found a heel that's been too high for me yet.

I go to the gym at five in the morning and then go do a hike.

I remember being 14 years old, making a pact with myself. I would never join into the matrix, never join into the status quo, and I would always fight it. It always felt like I was on an operating table and the anesthesia never worked.

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

My number one tip for all people, not just drag queens, is false eyelashes, which make every look go from daytime to glamazon!

I chose to devote the lion's share of my time to my personal growth and to my family. I reconnected with the part of me that I had left behind.

my goal is to always come from a place of love ...but sometimes you just have to break it down for a motherfucker

I'm not religious, but I do pray. It's 60 seconds of meditation, visualizing myself, looking at myself, and being conscious of my own consciousness. That will align me for the rest of the day.

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