It's written into the Constitution that you're allowed to pursue happiness. In England it would be considered a frivolous objective.
Quentin CrispTo my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
Quentin CrispI was beaten up wherever I went, and people shouted at me and cursed me and threw things at me.
Quentin CrispI 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.
Quentin CrispAs soon as a person takes a part as a homosexual, the press says, "What do your wife and children think of this?" And the actor never says, "Well, last week I was a murderer, and the week before that I was a child molester, and the week before that I was a lunatic. But now I'm a homosexual."
Quentin Crisp