Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp25 December 1908 – 21 November 1999) was an English writer and raconteur...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth25 December 1908
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.
inspirational levels dignity
Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
sad fashion being-yourself
Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
gay thinking proud
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.
english sincerity
The English think incompetence is the same thing as sincerity