Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum. — Joe Orton Minimum 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 British 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 Bad taste 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,… — Joe Orton Ads Copy Share Image
Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision. — Joe Orton Atheism 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… — Joe Orton Crafts Copy Share Image
People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . .… — Joe Orton Crafts Copy Share Image
With madness, as with vomit, it's the passerby who receives the inconvenience. — Joe Orton Inconvenience Copy Share Image
Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts. — Joe Orton Civilization Copy Share Image
It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception. — Joe Orton Children Copy Share Image
You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin. — Joe Orton Born Copy Share Image
I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body. — Joe Orton Body Copy Share Image
