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There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that y

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know the third is that you cant think what to do with the long winter evenings. – Quentin Crisp

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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. – Quentin Crisp

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The young always have the same problem — how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. – Quentin Crisp

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Teenagers
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Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep. – Quentin Crisp

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Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that. – Imran Khan

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Why is there so much month left at the end of the money? – John Barrymore

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