内容摘要：to Mecca is one of God’s great gifts and should make one more ascetic and simpler.

to Mecca is one of God’s great gifts and should make one more ascetic and simpler.

The conversation has been edited for clarity and brevity.FIERSTEIN: I never know what I’m going to say. But I have been trying to gather thoughts, which I guess is a good idea. And I watched at least five or six lifetime achievements speeches by others.

FIERSTEIN: I did write a line that may or may not end up in my speech, saying that the most humbling thing is to think that my life meant something to the community. It’s one thing to be enjoyed, but to have the kind of meaning that they turn around and say, “We want to give you a lifetime achievement”? That’s a very heady idea.FIERSTEIN: No, no, no. I guess there are theatrical types, but art was always inevitable. I was sort of artistic, but I thought I’d maybe be a Disney animator. I don’t think I ever believed I was good enough to create the Disney characters, but there were people that took the creation and then did the other drawings. I thought I could do that. Something in the arts. I had my BA in painting from Pratt. That’s what I thought was going to do.Harvey Fierstein, the star and author of the play “Torch Song Trilogy,” accepts his Tony award in New York on June 5, 1983. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Harvey Fierstein, the star and author of the play “Torch Song Trilogy,” accepts his Tony award in New York on June 5, 1983. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)FIERSTEIN: There was no time to think about it. We had to go to war immediately. If you remember, Ronald Reagan never said the word “AIDS” in eight years. There was no attack against the disease; there was only an attack against people. People wouldn’t go to restaurants because there were gay waiters. There were people that wouldn’t go to Broadway because there were gay people. They might be in the audience with gay people.

FIERSTEIN: My writing is telling stories that mean something to me. And certainly there’s hatred and there’s anger in my stories — and truth — as far as I can tell them. But the horrible truth is that no matter how badly we act as human beings, there’s still a humanity under it all.

FIERSTEIN: Who would have guessed that we’d have a season where the plays were the big thing and the musicals are sort of ignored? Thanks to George and Denzel and these stars that return to Broadway — thankfully return to Broadway — and they’ve done these plays and it’s wonderful. They’re bringing an audience that maybe wouldn’t go see a musical or a play.in its stronghold in Darfur and made advances elsewhere,

Hamdok, a 69-year-old former economist who now leads a civilian coalition from exile, called the idea that the conflict was drawing down “total nonsense.” The idea that reconstruction can begin in Khartoum while fighting rages elsewhere is “absolutely ridiculous,” he said.“Any attempt at creating a government in Sudan today is fake. It is irrelevant,” he said, arguing that lasting peace can’t be secured without addressing the root causes of the war.

Hamdok said a ceasefire and a credible process to restore democratic, civilian rule would need to confront Sudan’s deep inequalities, including uneven development, issues among different identity groups and questions about the role of religion in government.“Trusting the soldiers to bring democracy is a false pretense,” he added.