I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body. — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum. — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified. — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste. — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
On our way home we were waiting for the bus when a very fat, pompous-looking woman reeled out of a pub shouting, "Melancholia? Ad… — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision. — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
People think I write fantasy, but I don't; some things may be exaggerated or distorted in the same way that painters distort and alter… — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . . There's nothing incredible about it. — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
With madness, as with vomit, it's the passerby who receives the inconvenience. — Joe Orton Copy Share Image
