A lot of people who have experienced trauma at the hands of people they've trusted take responsibility, and that is what's toxic.
We need to hear stories from older women. There's a wealth of wisdom and real resilience there, but they're silenced.
I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the shame away, and immediately, they're back in the fold. You should never soak anybody in shame. It's the prolonged existence of shame that then flips out into destructive rage. We can't exist in that. It's like treacle.
Just because you're gay doesn't mean you're not homophobic.
That's the problem with ADHD: I have no focus; I get bored.
My brain is just so busy. I'm inattentive; I'm a daydreamer: the space cadet kind.
This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community.
I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
I always kept my expectations in life very tame.
Comedy is a man's art form. It pretty much came from a time, post-World War II really - the 1950s are not really known for the subtle expressions of feminine life.
Most accountants are strange - let's be honest.
Stories appeal to humanity.
'Nanette' has been a journey. She went from being something of a personal little blast to the world from me, that I expected would seal me off into the margins as far as my career is concerned, and into an idiosyncratic sort of life beyond all of that.
Self-deprecation runs right through queer culture. It was seen as a badge of honor. I started to feel like perhaps it was destructive as well.
The art world doesn't exist in a vacuum.
A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it.
The sheer number of paintings of unconscious women is distressing.
I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
The idea that standup is a thing with defined boundaries is kind of ludicrous.
