“For the biographer, the final clue to character lies in the yet unread - the scribbled note, the diary page, a notation in the margin of a draft - until the day when even the most devoted portraitist of the dead says, "Enough!" Working in the service of the dead, biographers quit their labors only when the sole remaining task is the impossible - resurrection.”

“She was the curator of her marriage, collector of swift quotes and unremarked-upon sensations.”

“Odd to you, but to me, that’s my death day. Dead to ever living a normal life again. When I saw you sitting on the pier, I kind of thought of it as a gift...a beautiful...hopeful gift.”

“I tend not to look back. What’s done is done, good, bad or indifferent. I’m much more concerned with whatever’s coming next.”

“Yesterday is History, Tomorrow a Mistery. Today is a gift, that's why they call it the present.”

“I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.”

“It is attitude, infinitely more than circumstance, that determines the quality of life. Life is often quite tough, challenging us to choose between seemingly esoteric, intangible ideals and getting goodies or good vibes right now. You have character when you most often choose ideals.”