272 Quotes by Quentin Crisp

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.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Fear and hatred do not seem to find expression in tears.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in these madly passionate times, but madly passionate people rarely make good on their madly passionate promises.

Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine.

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Any film is at least better than real life.

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 can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.

Never sweep. After four years the dirt gets no worse.