Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp25 December 1908 – 21 November 1999) was an English writer and raconteur...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth25 December 1908
forgiving despise crisps
To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
flirty house world
Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?
love life foundation
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
success moving character
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
faces becoming homosexuality
Bit by bit, I was becoming the almost acceptable face of homosexuality.
soul survival forgiving
Other-cheekism is not only a way of purifying the soul, it is also part of every weak person's survival kit.
bartender ifs
If you truly love me, kill the bartender.
sex war sleep
The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy.
writing realist ifs
If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.
eye hair tree
The proprietor had hair so red that pigmentation had flowed out into every visible inch of his skin and even into the pinks of his eyes, as the colour of flowering cherry trees stains their leaves.
funny sarcastic sex
Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.
journey long style
The search for a life-style involves a journey to the interior. This is not altogether a pleasant experience, because you not only have to take stock of what you consider your assets but you also have to take a long look at what your friends call “the trouble with you.” Nevertheless, the journey is worth making.
love party rocks
The happiest moments in any affair take place after the loved one has learned to accommodate the lover and before the maddening personality of either party has emerged like a jagged rock from the receding tides of lust and curiosity.
funny success sarcastic
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.