Harvey Fierstein Quotes

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday's news.

And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.

Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.

Political movements always belong to the young.

My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.

I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's too tall and that one doesn't have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there's a billion reasons not to hire somebody.

Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.

To me, if a heterosexual has a right to do it, then I have a right to do it. And if it's important to the gay youth - who are now setting the agenda - then its important to me.

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.

I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!

Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don't, or they wouldn't have to say they did.

A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Never be bullied into silence.

It would be nice to redefine ourselves - at the moment we are drowning in diversity. That's not a bad thing, its just going to take a while before we refocus.

How time files when you's doin' all the talking.

Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too.

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.

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.