153 Quotes by Harvey Fierstein

I have the world’s worst taste in men, so now I simply have wonderful relationships of the friend kind, but trying to settle down with somebody? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I’m beyond that.

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.

In no way be bullied into silence. Hardly ever permit on your own to become made a sufferer. Acknowledge no one’s definition of one’s lifetime; define oneself.

I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That’s rewarding.

You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater because it is an unmerciful life. It’s six days a week. It’s eight performances a week. And that’s doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.

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.

I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it’s a – knock wood – hit, the checks come in for many years.

In London they don’t like you if you’re still alive.

I have great faith in the United States. It’s the only country I would ever live in.