Quotes by 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.”

“I just want to be loved, is that so wrong?!”

“There comes a time in every Salome's life when she should no longer be dropping the last veil.”

“In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things.”

“My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him, family was everything. We could disagree inside the house, but outsi...”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.”

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

“I've been dating since I was 15 years old, and I just don't seem to do it well.”

“You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a charact...”

“State-sanctioned marriage is a civil contract, period. A contract is not a judgment of moral value. It is a legal agreement between two parties that testifies to a meeting of minds between those co...”

“If you deny yourself commitment what can you do with your life?”

“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.”

“If you deny yourself commitment what can you do with your life?”

“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.”

“To the delight of millions of little children, the Santa in New York's great parade will be half of a same-sex couple. And guess who the other half will be? Me! Harvey Fierstein, nice Jewish boy fr...”

“Arnold: I think my biggest problem is being young and beautiful. It's my biggest problem because I've never been young and beautiful. Oh, I've been beautiful, and God knows I've been young, but nev...”

“Bertha: You have a high voice for a lesbian!”