153 Quotes by Harvey Fierstein

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!

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.

As soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows – maybe they thought I was going to rewrite them.

Just because I said that’s what I want doesn’t mean that’s what I want. I mean, that’s what I want but that doesn’t mean that I’m necessarily ready for it.

The next time you feel you have to say, “I love you” to someone, say it to yourself – and see if you believe it.

With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against Mr. Putin’s attacks and the violence they foster. The Olympic Committee must demand the retraction of these laws under threat of boycott.

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 character actor who can fill it in.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no ones definition of your life, but define yourself.

A thing of beauty is a joy 'till sunrise.