Dana Plato Quotes

I don't know if there is a 'lack' of good black men. But when you haven't taken the time to get to know yourself, be OK with you, and articulate what it is you want in a relationship, then you can't possibly find that person for you because you don't even know what you're looking for.

I've always been comfortable with my sexual desires and what I like.

I don't believe I've ever truly been in love because I don't believe that I've known myself well enough in the past to allow someone to love me.

So many people go through life, and they never deal with their own issues, no matter what the issues are - ours happen to be gender identity. But, how many people go through life and just waste an entire life 'cause they'd never deal with themselves to be who they are.

I came out to my parents as gay, and then I realized, you know, four or five years later, that I wasn't really happy, no relationships were working, and there was something missing in my life, and you know, I was doing drag, performing and stuff, and I realized through that arc that I was much happier doing that.

If you can't be with yourself, you'll never learn to be with anyone else.

A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me.

I'm proud of my sexuality.

I think one's sexuality can be the center of life, and coming out and discovering your sexuality is something that really can define your existence.

The writing was so clearly written on the wall about me, but I didn't see it. I had no role models. I didn't know there was even a possibility of being gay. I battled with it, but this was the way God made me. If you have a problem with it, take it up with the man upstairs.

I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a long process.

I would encourage anybody struggling with their sexuality to go with their heart. If it's not an appropriate time, there will be one later. Never, ever try to rush into anything - do it in your own time.

I thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I'm just more sexually attracted to women. But I'm really glad that I found a few gay friends, because it totally saved me from becoming a monk or something.

I don't want to say that our expectations of love are too high; it's just that if we're to meet them, we have to become a little more self-aware.

Human sexuality is not always about being labeled. It's about having a human moment, an emotion.

I'd gone through life being obsessed about my sexuality. People would ask about relationships, girlfriends, you start referring to people as 'they' so there's no judgment and you can be ambiguous. People around me knew, but I still struggled with talking about it openly.

Since puberty, I've always known there was a possibility of me being with a man. It wasn't anything I felt the need to explore until the time came to explore it.

I'd spent my twenties trying to be everything to everybody. I had my family, my straight friends, and I was starting to develop a gay circle of friends. I was seeing some men, seeing some women, and trying to sort it all out.

Be kind to yourself and take the time you need to define your gender and sexuality in a way that feels safe and right for you.

I used to think I was a gay man with this idea of a muse in my head, like a woman that I thought was inspirational or aspirational. But the woman was actually me.

If I can't really find a way to live with myself, I can't expect anyone else to live with me.

Intimacy starts with a relationship with yourself, an understanding of who you are.

When you look back... on your love affairs... what you really find out is that the only person you really go to bed with is yourself.

The first love affair you must consummate is the love affair with yourself. Only then are you ready for a romantic relationship.

I think it's important to know yourself before you try to deal with a relationship.