To my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

Exhibitionists have no friends, no friends at all.

The flagrantly gay Quentin Crisp dealt with homophobic bullying by refusing to bow to its onslaught. His number listed in the phone directory, he responded to derogatory remarks accompanied with a stated intent to kill him by asking, "Would you like to make an appointment?"

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

The trouble with European cities is that they are drenched in their history, almost all of which is terrible.

I was beaten up wherever I went, and people shouted at me and cursed me and threw things at me.

I can't remember ever having a tragic demeanor. Although my life was tragedy.