Harvey Fierstein Quotes

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

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.

Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don’t.

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 outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor, he looked sideways but said okay.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it’s story heavy, it’s about ideas.