“Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who, before anything has reared… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“The whole set of stylizations that are known as "camp" (a word that I was hearing then for the first time) was,… — 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
The happiest moments in any affair take place after the loved one has learned to accommodate the lover and before the maddening… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love.… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who...have already accepted as inevitable… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“All the golden societies of the past to which historians point and turn their wistful smiles have had what patience-players would call… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I never spend my time doing anything I'll have to do again tomorrow. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Everybody who's been on television more than once wears in public an expression of fatuous affability. Because you may be addressed at… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Now you can leave home at any time you like.Your mother comes down and finds a picture of the Eiffel Tower on… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
To live in the past is to miss today's opportunities and tomorrow's blessings. — 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
