When asked, 'Shall I tell my mother I'm gay?', I reply, 'Never tell your mother anything. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The more people one has to love, the more one's capacity to love stretches. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
You must stop this interview now as I have come to end of my personality. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“I am unable to believe in a God susceptible to prayer. I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force,… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who, before anything has reared its ugly… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
If you live in America, you don't have to work. You can just drift along in the smiling and nodding racket. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
“I was from birth an object of mild ridicule because of my movements - especially the perpetual flutter of my hands - and my… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
If a man were to look over the fence on one side of his garden and observe that the neighbor on his left had… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
