“Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 per...” — Harvey Fierstein Quote

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

“So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then I did on other things. He actually did a portrait of my rabbit and some other stuff. Warhol was definitely... Warhol.”

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

“Does film music really matter to the average moviegoer? A great score, after all, can't save a bad film, and a bad score - so it's said - can't sink a good one.”

“If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.”

“An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.”