As 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 CrispYou can't be a person and a lady. If you're a person, you can open the damned door yourself.
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 CrispWell, it has done terrifying things. Religious ideas are inflammatory in a way that I find difficult to understand. There are very few wars over the theory of relativity. Very few heated arguments, for that matter. Whereas, in Northern Ireland, they are killing one another over religion.
Quentin Crisp