Joe Orton Quotes
- You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin.
- I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.
- FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified.
- The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.
- It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.
- Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision.
- I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair.
- 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…
- Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts.
- With madness, as with vomit, it's the passerby who receives the inconvenience.
- Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.
- Cleanse my heart... Give me the ability to rage correctly
- The humble and meek are thirsting for blood.