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
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. – Quentin Crisp
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
Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. – Quentin Crisp