Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp25 December 1908 – 21 November 1999) was an English writer and raconteur...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth25 December 1908
african glass tears
Tears were to me what glass beads are to African traders.
funny grave life occurred
Life was a funny thing that occurred on the way to the grave
clown country evening facts loathe love rejection speaks truth whipped
It is not a biopic; it is not a trawl through the facts of somebody's life. It is more an evening with a Shakespearean clown who speaks the truth and was whipped for his pains. Writing the play made me love and loathe my country more: love it that it could create, and has always created, one-offs like Quentin; loathe it for its rejection of him.
love sex destiny
Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.
love life relationship
You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
love funny sex
For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
funny life way
Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
want british impression
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.
opportunity blessing past
To live in the past is to miss today's opportunities and tomorrow's blessings.
curiosity individuality neighbor
The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it
funny sarcastic men
However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.
sex women sassy
Men get laid, but women get screwed.
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.