I really think [William] Burroughs was onto something here, when he said, "Dreams are a biologic necessity and your lifeline into space."
Quentin S. CrispI suppose I could say that to be interested in innocence already suggests a remove from innocence, perhaps a longing for something that is lost.
Quentin S. Crisp[My muse] feels nostalgic for Japan, and, perhaps strangely, for the pioneer days of America.
Quentin S. CrispI have a sense of them being Easter religions, for some reason. Christianity, of course, is a mystery religion, too, and I believe that Arthur Machen was one of those especially interested in the link between the pagan mysteries and the Christian ones. So, my experience was also a Machenesque experience.
Quentin S. Crisp