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When I started performing, there was no Internet; I didn't really have anything to copy. I kind of had to just make up what I thought burlesque was, based on photographs of Sally Rand or whatever.

Me personally, I want to entertain people above all. When you look back at burlesque in history and the real golden age of burlesque, those entertainers were there to entertain, and there wasn't usually some big political message behind what they were doing.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.

It is an odd thing about newspapers that they live by exposure, yet they keep their own worlds concealed.

For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.

We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.

You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in my case, it was ruled tabloids are magazines. Which means they didn't have the protection that a newspaper has.

There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time.

The difference now is that the paparazzi get paid fortunes. That's what motivates people; it's about the money, sadly, at anyone's expense.