When asked, 'Shall I tell my mother I'm gay?', I reply, 'Never tell your mother anything.
Quentin CrispYou should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you.
Quentin CrispAs a test of the closeness of your relationship with the world, sex could never be a patch on being murdered. (That's when someone really does risk his life for you.)
Quentin CrispDecency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep.
Quentin CrispI've come from a very masculine country to a feminine country. England was very masculine; people went from England to abroad, and they landed from above and they said "These are the gods you will worship, these are the crops you will grow, now go away and do it." Which is a manly attitude. Americans go abroad and they say, "Try not to quarrel so much", which is a feminine attitude.
Quentin Crisp