The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. She said, "I wish you hadn't made every line funny. It's… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
When I was young, I wanted to find the Great Dark Man. When I said that I realise now that people thought… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
When I was young, I don't know how, I spent all my time in the presence of married women telling me their… — 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
I've come from a very masculine country to a feminine country. England was very masculine; people went from England to abroad, and… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said,… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
God, from whose territory I had withdrawn my ambassadors at the age of fourteen. It had become obvious that he was never… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I asked a girl who came from America to England, when I was only English, and she admitted she had been to… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Because it is in the nature of things that they become extreme, we have passed down from manliness to cruelty. If I… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
One of the special beauties of America is that it is the only country in the world where you are not advised… — 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
