Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount… — 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
The United States are a miracle: the division between two states is sometimes a river or a mountain, and sometimes it's a… — 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
The message that 'love' will solve all of our problems is repeated incessantly in contemporary culture - like a philosophical tom tom.… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
All this cut-price transcendentalism does not prevent California from being a startlingly physical state. This becomes most obvious where Los Angeles saunters… — 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
