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Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.
— Harvey Fierstein
Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy ... and a few friendships too.
— Harvey Fierstein
You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.
— Harvey Fierstein
Somebody should talk to Dan Quayle and tell him natural blondes don't have dark grey stripes on the sides.
— Harvey Fierstein
Pork was in 1971, and I stopped hanging out at The Factory by like 1973.
— Harvey Fierstein
There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way.
— Harvey Fierstein
It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.
— Harvey Fierstein
Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did.
— Harvey Fierstein
Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself.
— Harvey Fierstein
Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.
— Harvey Fierstein
What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.
— Harvey Fierstein
I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.
— Harvey Fierstein
See, an ugly person who goes after a pretty person gets nothing but trouble. But a pretty person who goes after an ugly person gets at least cab-fare.
— Harvey Fierstein
(...) I've always thought of myself as a kind person. Not saintly but generously thoughtful (in a bitchy sort of way). (...)
— Harvey Fierstein
The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.
— Harvey Fierstein
How time flies when you're doin all the talking.
— Harvey Fierstein
I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
— Harvey Fierstein
As soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows - maybe they thought I was going to rewrite them.
— Harvey Fierstein
Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.
— Harvey Fierstein
There's nothing I need from anyone except love and respect, and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.
— Harvey Fierstein
I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.
— Harvey Fierstein
Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.
— Harvey Fierstein
Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.
— Harvey Fierstein
It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.
— Harvey Fierstein
The next time you feel you have to say, "I love you" to someone, say it to yourself - and see if you believe it.
— Harvey Fierstein
A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?
— Harvey Fierstein
A thing of beauty is a joy till sunrise.
— Harvey Fierstein
How often are the perpetrators of hate-crimes discovered to be self-loathing? Valued individuals do not strike out against strangers.
— Harvey Fierstein
Is a gay play a play that has sex with other plays?
— Harvey Fierstein
If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?
— Harvey Fierstein
Political movements always belong to the young.
— Harvey Fierstein
How time files when you's doin' all the talking.
— Harvey Fierstein
Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.
— Harvey Fierstein
I have great faith in the United States. It's the only country I would ever live in.
— Harvey Fierstein
Never be bullied into silence.
— Harvey Fierstein
I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.
— Harvey Fierstein
A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.
— Harvey Fierstein
The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.
— Harvey Fierstein
There comes a time in every Salome's life when she should no longer be dropping the last veil.
— Harvey Fierstein
I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.
— Harvey Fierstein
It's through sheer will that I can sing.
— Harvey Fierstein
There are easier things in life than being a drag queen. But I ain't got no choice. Try as I may, I just can't walk in flats.
— Harvey Fierstein
Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.
— Harvey Fierstein
In London they don't like you if you're still alive.
— Harvey Fierstein
I don't believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it's worthy of note.
— Harvey Fierstein
Please, people, do not f- with depression. It's merciless. All it wants is to get you in a room alone and kill you. Take care of yourself.
— Harvey Fierstein
I am thrilled - I can't stress that enough - thrilled when I see kids getting active.
— Harvey Fierstein
To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.
— Harvey Fierstein
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.
— Harvey Fierstein
And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.
— Harvey Fierstein
I just want to be loved, is that so wrong?!
— Harvey Fierstein