Quotes from RuPaul

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.

No one wants a cherry pie that bites back.

People deal with grief in many different ways. And some people in show business parade their relationships around like an accessory, and others like to keep it separate from business and commerce. It's perfectly fine to say, 'I actually don't want to talk about my love because that's not part of the fantasy world I created in commerce.'

Sacrifices have to be made if you want to make a dent in the world, and that's what I started out to do - to make a dent in pop culture.

I can always sniff out when someone is being what they think I want them to be, which is the complete opposite. I really want a queen to be herself.

There are so many sensitive souls; they don't know what to do with their feelings.

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.

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.

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

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

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

The only person I look up to - and not just in show business but also in the world - is a little lady named Judge Judy! Honestly.

A regular old drag queen is usually your science teacher who's actually wearing women's panties underneath his slacks. A drag-queen superstar is someone who actually works in clubs and makes a living doing it more than one night a year, or even one night in six months.

Life's journey - it unfolds for you as you are ready for it.

If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

Look at me - a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.

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

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

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.

I do not impersonate females! How many women do you know who wear seven inch heels, four foot wigs, and skintight dresses?

Walking with your chest out and your head held high says you have earned the right to stomp and pummel this particular piece of real estate.

This is an important thing: People who live in the mainstream and the status quo think that everyone else is there to serve them.

If you've worked in a factory, and you haven't learned how to do something else, you're obsolete. That's just nature.

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