I’m happy to say she was laughing while she said it, but she meant it. I’ve never learned to be a candle burning in an empty room. So I go on the screen, and I say whatever I’m told to say.
QUENTIN CRISPAs we all know from witnessing the consuming jealousy of husbands who are never faithful, people do not confine themselves to the emotions to which they are entitled.
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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Exhibitionism is like a drug. Hooked in adolescence I was now taking doses so massive they would have killed a novice.
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I never saw Portsmouth by day.
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I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay!
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One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend.
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I would have run all the way and I would have gone up to the largest and leatheriest of the denizens and said: If you truly love me, kill the bartender.
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You don’t have to deal with anyone in America. They accept you the way you are.
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I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share.
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The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it
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It’s been agony but I couldn’t have done it any other way.
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The flagrantly gay Quentin Crisp dealt with homophobic bullying by refusing to bow to its onslaught. His number listed in the phone directory, he responded to derogatory remarks accompanied with a stated intent to kill him by asking, “Would you like to make an appointment?”
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The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as ‘Soho’ poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent.
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I don’t think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn’t something you’ve done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed.
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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
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The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.
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I never spend my time doing anything I’ll have to do again tomorrow.
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