Quentin Crisp (1908 – 1999)
Born Denis Charles Pratt, was an English writer, artist's model, actor and raconteur who was known for his memorable and insightful witticisms.
Sometimes I wore a fringe so deep it obscured the way ahead. This hardly mattered. There were always others to look where I was going.
The young always have the same problem — how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this problem by defying their elders and copying each other.
All liaisons between homosexuals are conducted as though they were between a chorus girl and a bishop. In some cases both parties think they are bishops.
Health consists of having the same diseases as one’s neighbours.
I became one of the stately homos of England.
The low dive had set a standard that only middle-aged hooligans could remember and to which they looked back as Mrs Lot at Sodom.
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!