Latest Quotes

“One who can hang out with the roughest and the toughest.”

— Jennie Livingston, Herself, Paris Dupree, Paris Is Burning

“Sweetheart, with the cigarette. You're giving me a banji effect. This is banji.”

— Jennie Livingston, Herself, Paris Dupree, Paris Is Burning

“One who can take her baby brother to school.”

— Jennie Livingston, Herself, Paris Dupree, Paris Is Burning

“I don't feel like there's anything mannish about me, except maybe what I might have between me down there, which is my little personal thing, so...”

— Jennie Livingston, Herself, Anji Xtravaganza, Paris Is Burning

“When they're undetectable and they can walk out of that ballroom into the sunlight and onto the subway and get home, and still have all their clothes and no blood running off their bodies—those are the femme realness queens... and usually its a category for young queens.”

— Jennie Livingston, Herself, Dorian Corey, Paris Is Burning

“You get in a smart crack, and everyone laughs and kikis because you've found a flaw and exaggerated it, then you've got a good read going.”

— Jennie Livingston, Herself, Dorian Corey, Paris Is Burning

“In real life you can't get a job as an executive unless you have the educational background and the opportunity. Now, the fact that you are not an executive is merely because of the social standing of life. Black people have a hard time getting anywhere and those that do are usually straight. In a b…”

— Jennie Livingston, Herself, Dorian Corey, Paris Is Burning

“Shade comes from reading. Reading came first.”

— Jennie Livingston, Herself, Dorian Corey, Paris Is Burning

“When I first started going to balls it was all about drag queens who were interested in looking like Las Vegas showgirls, back pieces, tail pieces, feathers, beads and all that. But As the seventies rolled around the things started changing, it started coming down to just wanting to look like a gorg…”

— Jennie Livingston, Herself, Anji Xtravaganza, Paris Is Burning

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

— Jennie Livingston, Junior LaBeija, Junior LaBeija, Paris Is Burning

“Shake the dice and steal the rice!”

— Jennie Livingston, Junior LaBeija, Junior LaBeija, Paris Is Burning

“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! You see it on channel seven, between All My Children and Jeopardy, Another World, Dallas, and the whole bit. An evening bag is a must! You have to carry something! No lady is sure at…”

— Jennie Livingston, Junior LaBeija, Junior LaBeija, Paris Is Burning

“I learned that whatever we say means nothing, what anyone will remember is that we came.”

— Julia Kasdorf, Eve's Striptease

“Emilia Clarke has put herself forward to become the first female James Bond, as Daniel Craig prepares to step down from the role after 13 years.”

— Roisin O'Connor, Independent, Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke wants to play the first female James Bond

“Instead of becoming a symbol of girls’ unlimited potential in sports, Cain became yet another standout young athlete who got beaten down by a win-at-all-costs culture.”

— Mary Cain, The New York Times, Opinion | I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike

“Rule of thumb: When you don’t know what prestige drama to sample next, fire up a documentary instead.”

— Vogue, Taylor Antrim, Three Riveting, Stranger-Than-Fiction Documentaries to Discover Now

“Ask any introvert, curmudgeon, or person in a hurry what they hate most about in-person shopping and they'll all come back with the same answer: You have to talk to someone.”

— Leah Prinzivalli, This Sephora Uses Color-Coded Baskets To Help Introverts Shop

“Must... continue... moving... in... ways... that... lead... to... dying... with... you.”

— Shawn Pearlman, Morty Smith, Justin Roiland, Edge of Tomorty

“I think you have to think ahead and live in the moment.”

— Shawn Pearlman, Rick Sanchez, Justin Roiland, Edge of Tomorty

“There's a lesson here and I'm not going to be the one to figure it out.”

— Shawn Pearlman, Rick Sanchez, Justin Roiland, Edge of Tomorty