Margaret Cho

"The only thing that was sort of Asian [as a role model] was Hello Kitty. I don’t want to model myself after Hello Kitty."

- Margaret Cho

"If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe before they even knew why they felt dangerous. Maybe if enough people came out of the closet, gay kids would never feel dangerous. Maybe we could have a world where we could all just live. We may not all agree, but why can’t we just all live?"

- Margaret Cho

"Just because you are blind, and unable to see my beauty doesn’t mean it does not exist."

- Margaret Cho

"I always thought that people told you that you’re beautiful–that this was a title that was bestowed upon you … I think that it’s time to take this power into our own hands and to say, ‘You know what? I’m beautiful. I just am. And that’s my light. I’m just a beautiful woman.'"

- Margaret Cho

"To start telling people that you're beautiful, or just feel beautiful, just start acting like you are the most beautiful woman in the world. And it really improves everything! Because your sort of psyche responds to it - like this is truthful!"

- Margaret Cho

"Tattooing is my social life, too, so most of my time is taken up with that. People like Henry Lewis, Mike Davis at Everlasting Tattoo."

- Margaret Cho

"The power of visibility can never be underestimated."

- Margaret Cho