"Chewing gum helps me think."
"Oh, sweetie, you're wasting your gum."
...
"Yes, I wear foundation. Yes, I live with a man. Yes, I'm a middle- aged fag. But I know who I am, Val. It took me twenty years to get here, and I'm not gonna let some idiot senator destroy that. F--- the senator, I don't give a damn what he thinks."