The worst part of being gay in the twentieth century is all that damn disco music to which one has to listen.
Quentin CrispBecause it is in the nature of things that they become extreme, we have passed down from manliness to cruelty. If I had been told when I was 20 that there was a tavern in the town where the brave and the cruel were gathered together, I would have run all the way and I would have gone up to the largest and leatheriest of the denizens and said: If you truly love me, kill the bartender.
Quentin CrispIn Manhattan, when you're out of the front door, you're on, and you have to be ready to smile and speak to people.
Quentin Crisp