"O-P-U-L-E-N-C-E: Opulence! You own everything. Everything is yours."

"When I first started going to balls it was all about drag queens who were interested in looking like Las Vegas showgi…"

"This is white America. Any other nationality that is not of the white set, knows this and accepts this till the day t…"

"I always had hopes of being a big star. But as you get older, you aim a little lower. Everybody wants to make an impr…"

"Shade comes from reading. Reading came first."

"You get in a smart crack, and everyone laughs and kikis because you've found a flaw and exaggerated it, then you've g…"

"Shade is I don't tell you you're ugly but I don't have to tell you because you know you're ugly ... and that's shade."

"In real life you can't get a job as an executive unless you have the educational background and the opportunity. Now,…"

"When they're undetectable and they can walk out of that ballroom into the sunlight and onto the subway and get home, …"

"Come on now, it is a known fact that a woman do carry an evening bag at dinner time. There's no getting around that! …"