RuPaul

“Drag has always been the thing you turn to to remember to not take yourself too seriously.”

“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.”

“Life is not to be taken seriously.”

“I'm a pop victim. I love pop music; I love pop culture. I love Olivia Newton-John.”

“For both men and women, an eyelash curler is a must. It gives your eye the appearance of being well-rested and wide open.”

“I've always been ambitious. I've always been able to roll up my sleeves and get to work. I like to stay busy. I love working, and I love being creative.”

“I always did what I thought was interesting. I always just did what caught my fantasy. Looking like a woman, that was never the criteria for me. It was always to do drag. And drag is not gender-specific. Drag is just drag. It's exaggeration.”

“We humans are still a very primitive culture, and it's one of the traps we've fallen into over the course of our lives - to forget our history. That's why George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is so profound. It chronicles our short memory.”

“I dance to the beat of a different drummer.”

“Doing drag in a male-dominant culture is an act of treason. It's the most punk-rock thing you can do.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I love the creativity and the social and political aspects of drag.”

“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.”

“Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I'm doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn't embraced by anyone else.”

“We encrypt 'Drag Race' with the secret language that kept gay people linked for many years before the '80s.”

“I don't think drag will ever be mainstream because it's counter to what the mainstream directive is, which is picking an identity and sticking with it for the rest of your life.”

“I've still never gotten used to myself in drag.”

“I started out in this business in rock and roll bands and stumbled into drag. Drag just happened to be my vehicle for my creativity. So, you know, it's afforded me the opportunity to create new shows, to make music.”