Attacking Quote by Todd Haynes

The part of [Oscar] Wilde was exceptionally important to me; the man, his achievements, his wisdom, but his downfall, his disgrace and the tragic…

— Stephen Fry

It was extremely important to show that Wilde's sexuality was not just some intellectual idea. It was real, and it was about the human…

— Stephen Fry

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination." Love Oscar Wilde, the man had a way witrh words.”

— Margot Justes

When I was young, we thought that Oscar Wilde was a great nobleman who had thrown his life away for love. Nothing could be…

— Quentin Crisp

“(Oscar) Wilde is surely one of the most erotic writers who ever lived.”

— Tanith Lee

“Ashline Wilde was a human mood ring.”

— Karsten Knight

“...Most attackers aren't going to be dissuaded by a witty remark." "That's profiling," said Mattheus. "Maybe they're Oscar Wilde fans." "He did have great…

— Amy Fecteau

Wilhelmine Germany was hostile to the expression of same-sex love - and, of course, Mann would have known of the fate of Oscar Wilde.…

— Philip Kitcher

“Really, old chap," he said, "I don't mean to run down a man you like, but for the life of me I can't see…

— Robert W. Chambers

“- Oscar Wilde said that we always destroy the thing we love the most. And it is true. The simple possibility of achieving that…

— Paulo Coelho

From beginning to end Wilde performed his life and continued to do so even after fame had taken the plot out of his own…

— W. H. Auden

If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about the gay…

— Kevin Sessums