I'm proud that I can be here in my necklaces and my wedge booties, and nobody is saying anything. Nobody is looking at me weird, nobody is saying anything derogatory. I honestly get more of an uncool situation walking down certain streets in Manhattan or being in the center of our country.
--nytimes.com, "Here's Johnny! Clothes Make the Man and Vice Versa" by AP, February 12, 2014
(on his treatment in Russia)

Q: [O]f the three Sochi mascots--Hare, Polar Bear and Leopard--which one speaks most to you?

Leopard: Fierce, clever, shows its true spots. Also, I live in New Jersey, and if you don't feature leopard print here, you might as well live in the city.
--People magazine, Q&A, "Johnny Weir--The Double Olympian Goes to the Other Side of the Rink in Russia," February 10, 2014

The city all but shimmies and lifts her bosom for the fashion set to descend upon her.
--fcnp.com, "Johnny's World: Popular" September 19, 2013
(on New York Fashion Week)

If you want to show a loved one your true colors, take them with you to @BarneysNY and let them watch you slowly lose your shit. #fashion
--Twitter, April 26, 2013

As Viacheslav Romanov:
The Ice Theatre of New York is honor Johnny. Why not honor Viacheslav?!
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep.10

The Ice Theatre, the whole theme is "Dare to be Different." So this costume is perfect for that.

[Stephanie Handler (costumer): It's about as different as you can get.]

Also, about as naked as I can get.
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep.10 
(on his black and rhinestone Bad Romance costume that he planned to wear at The Ice Theatre of New York's gala honoring him)

Las Vegas agitates me. I don't sparkle more. I mean Las Vegas is not New York. It's Disney in a desert for older people.
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep. 8

As Viacheslav Romanov:
Dobriy vecher, I am Viacheslav Romanov, reporting to you live from New York City...I have your big apple in my pants.
--Logo, Be Good Johnny Weir, Season 2, Ep.3

Blogger's note: Dobriy vecher (Добрый вечер) is Russian for "good evening."

Excuse me for a minute...I have to pop out of a sunroof!
--reported by fan Jen Warfield, Jaguar's "Chill NY" at the Highline, August 17, 2012

Now I understand why the ladies of Manhattan prance, flip and dance on their sky high Christian Louboutins, it's because, like the divers, they want the gold.
--people.com, "Johnny Weir Blogs: Focus on Olympic Talent, Not Scandal" by Johnny Weir, August 5, 2012

There's nothing like seeing the lit up Chrysler Building to make you feel better about being awake at 2 am without a drop of wine in ya... 
--Twitter, August 6, 2012

I love going out in biker shorts and a T-shirt dress. I've never felt more butch. Hunting on Madison...
--Twitter, July 14, 2012

I was just honored by Ice Theatre of New York for being a weirdo, basically; it was the Dare to Be Different Award.
--101.9 The Mix Chicago, The Eric and Kathy Morning Show, November 10, 2011

To hostess Bevy Smith upon arrival at dinner party:

I'm excited we're in Harlem. It's my first time, you popped my cherry.
--Bravo, Chef Roblé & Co., "Dinner Party Smackdown," Episode 6, January 8, 2012

I am honored to have been married in the great state of New York, and I hope more states pass laws allowing all Americans to be united through love and marriage.
--people.com, "Johnny Weir Is Married!" by Alison Schwartz and Stephen M. Silverman, update January 3, 2012

I had to stand up and say, "Yeah, I just killed them myself this morning." Because I thought they were going to spray paint me or throw blood at me or cut me.
--929dave.radio.com, "Mara Davis Interviews Johnny Weir in The Bathroom" by Mara Davis, interview December 14, 2011 at CNN Dialogue event, posted December 15, 2011
(on his reaction to two women who approached him in Barneys New York while he was wearing fur. Before this quote, Mara Davis had revealed they were her mother and aunt who were curious about the fur. Later she said they had "wanted to join" Johnny "for lunch.")

I was going to fight them. I was going to fistfight them.

[Mara Davis: My mother and my aunt?]

Yeah!

[You were going to fight them?]

If it came to it, I would...well, they're women, I would never hit a woman, but you know, I would find a boot and hit them with it.
--929dave.radio.com, "Mara Davis Interviews Johnny Weir in The Bathroom" by Mara Davis, interview December 14, 2011 at CNN Dialogue event, posted December 15, 2011
(on his reaction to two women who approached him in Barneys New York while he was wearing fur. Before this quote, Mara Davis had revealed they were her mother and aunt who were curious about the fur. Later she said they had "wanted to join" Johnny "for lunch.")

I was afraid because I thought they were pro-don't-kill-animals. So I had to do my last stance, I had to stand up and say, "Today, I am a woman!"
--929dave.radio.com, "Mara Davis Interviews Johnny Weir in The Bathroom" by Mara Davis, interview December 14, 2011 at CNN Dialogue event, posted December 15, 2011
(on his reaction to two women who approached him in Barneys New York while he was wearing fur. Before this quote, Mara Davis had revealed they were her mother and aunt who were curious about the fur. Later she said that they had "wanted to join" Johnny "for lunch.")

It was an old one but being the asshole that I am, I was like, "It's brand new. They just died."
--929dave.radio.com, "Mara Davis Interviews Johnny Weir in The Bathroom" by Mara Davis, interview December 14, 2011 at CNN Dialogue event, posted December 15, 2011
(on his reaction to two women who questioned him in Barneys New York about the mink fur he was wearing. Before this quote, Mara Davis had revealed they were her mother and aunt who were curious about the fur. Later she said that they had "wanted to join" Johnny "for lunch.")

They scared me. So I'm walking forward, and I see these women kind of like...gazing at me. And I'm like, "Oh, shit, they're going to spray paint my ass."
--929dave.radio.com, "Mara Davis Interviews Johnny Weir in The Bathroom" by Mara Davis, interview December 14, 2011 at CNN Dialogue event, posted December 15, 2011
(on his reaction to two women who approached him in Barneys New York while he was wearing fur. Before this quote, Mara Davis had revealed they were her mother and aunt who were curious about the fur. Later she said they had "wanted to join" Johnny "for lunch.")