As children in the seventies we were told about nebulous 'strangers'. By definition, we didn't know who these strangers were, and we… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I really think [William] Burroughs was onto something here, when he said, "Dreams are a biologic necessity and your lifeline into space." — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I do not think that my spiritual apprehensions are as dogmatically cultural as those of many people who have been brought up… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I think the natural is, for many people, the gateway to something supernatural or otherworldly. — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
People didn't talk about paedophiles in the seventies, I don't think. — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I think the seventies caught the last red rays of the dying sun of this innocence, but were already a little cold… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
When we fail to live up to our ideals, for instance, we might begin to wonder who we are - most people… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
When I think back on it, I have a sense of relaxation, as if in the seventies no one had to try… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I think [imagination] very austere element of Buddhism is also linked with a strong antinatalist strain in the philosophy. The Buddha was… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I think I still have [commemorative coin ] somewhere. Why was this given to me? I think every child in the country… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I think I'm probably too close to the seventies to be able to analyse them (it?) effectively. — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
We all know about the car breaking down on a deserted road scenario. That's cliché. I'm thinking more of Cider with Rosie,… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I think there's a good case for antinatalism. Stephen Hawking has told us recently that we must colonise space to survive, not… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I don't want to give too much away, but something horrible happens in 1977. That was also the year of the Queen's… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I seem to be less depressed but also less hopeful now in my thirties. My widow's peak bothers me. I think a… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The urban, on the other hand, is often seen as more real and mundane, even though it is obviously far more recent… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The weird thing is, I'm not entirely sure that I am meant to think that such a gift is who I am… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I have a sense of them being Easter religions, for some reason. Christianity, of course, is a mystery religion, too, and I believe that… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
If we do want to do that [ colonise space to survive, ], then vacuous materialism is not going to be enough for us. — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains." My rejection of Buddhism was a… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
This is the strange thing about existing in time. As [Philip] Larkin puts it, "truly, though our element is time, we are not used… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
It would be hard to say that exactly, but antinatalism is a reality in my life, not just an interesting idea. I can feel… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
[william] Burroughs, incidentally, took up the slogan that we are "Here to go", which contradicts the tendency in Eastern mysticism to advocate staying where… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
As children in the seventies we were told about nebulous 'strangers'. By definition, we didn't know who these strangers were, and we didn't know… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
This is part of the fundamental character of Buddhism that I find problematic - that it is not interested in anything. Hence the 'Fascination'… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I also remember a line from a song by Smog [Bill Callahan], which seems to describe the experience of a town-dweller moving to the… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write. — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I like the concept of an anti-muse, though I'm not quite sure what that is. If there is such a thing in my life,… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
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