“It was not so much that I longed for death as that I didn't long for life.” — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing.” — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I like living in one room and have never known what people do with the room they are not in. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I learned very early in life that I was always going to need people more than they needed me — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to place their entire life in the hands of some other person. For… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Whatever has gone on in the outer world has passed me by. But I think if anyone said to me, 'if you… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
As a test of the closeness of your relationship with the world, sex could never be a patch on being murdered. (That's… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I came first to America in 1977 at the invitation of a man who wanted to make my life story into a… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“As soon as I put my uniform on, the rest of my life solidified around me like a plaster cast. From that… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I can't remember ever having a tragic demeanor. Although my life was tragedy. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“The very purpose of existence it to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I found that I had become so spinsterish that I was made neurotic not only by my life of domesticity but by… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The measure of woman's distaste for any part of her life lies not in the loudness of her lamentations (these are only… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Life is a game in which the rules are constantly changing; nothing spoils a game more than those who take it seriously.… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“The average woman, unless she is particularly ill-favored, regards loving and being loved as a normal part of life. If a man… — 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 Image
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
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 Image
