Quotes About Self-discovery

I want to be my own person. I want to make a name for myself instead of having the name attached to me.

I think I'm attracted to writers who tell us something about ourselves.

I'm looking for the truth. The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves.

Audiences are smart, and they don't need to be spoon-fed everything.

I like autobiographies. I wouldn't mind making one of those.

I think that, as artists, all we can do is be who we are. I think that if we do that, then we're automatically not anyone else.

For a lot of people, divorce is an incredibly healthy move to make in your life.

I'd like to give divorce a good name.

My divorce wasn't fun.

At 58, I knew I had to get a divorce. At that age, it's an almost impossible thing to go through. I had been married 33 years. I had been married for 33 years. I didn't know anything else.

I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness.

When you're 29 and divorced, that certainly doesn't sound pretty.

I can do a documentary on myself, and it would be, like, 10 minutes.

I used to go to school in drag.

My drag name was Revvlon.

I've never done drag, but I'd love to try it.

I've changed as a person because of the art of drag.

I think if you want to drag, you'll figure it out.

I always thought I was going to be an artist. All I ever did was draw. I only ever turned to writing because I couldn't find somebody to write the kind of stuff I wanted to do. That just spiraled out of control.

Get to know the real you, rather than try to look like or dress like those around you.

It's fun to be a girl, and get dressed up, but that's not how I really am.

As I grew up, I learned what worked for me. That's where the short dresses came from. And you can't dance in a long dress.

I got to a point when I was 20 that I dropped out of university because I felt I didn't have any purpose, and I wanted to find a fire in me.

I didn't do very well when I was at school, so my dad gave me the opportunity to travel in Africa. I drove from London to Nairobi. It was incredible.