Quotes from Quentin Crisp

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.

It may be true that artists adopt a flamboyant appearance, but it's also true that people who look funny get stuck with the arts.

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.