Quentin S. Crisp Quotes

In terms of what is expressed, antinatalism is a strong presence, not always explicit, in what I write.

Quentin S. Crisp

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Burroughs called his greatest novel 'Naked Lunch,' by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. Telling the truth. It's very difficult to do that in fiction because the whole process of writing fiction is a process of sidestepping the truth. I think he got very close to it, in his way, and I hope I've done the same in mine.

J. G. Ballard
- Writing
- Done
- Truth
Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.

Jacky Ickx
- Up
- Time
- Small
For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment comes, that man will be punished as an ingrate who cannot say to God: 'Your statutes were my song in the land of exile.'

Saint Bernard
- Time
- God
- Song
One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.

Eduardo Chillida
- Know
- Never
- Lies
Some people ask, 'How do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different?' I say, 'My accomplishment is that my readers trust me and accept my suggestions for change.'

Mahmoud Darwish
- People
- Different
- Change
For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.

Barry Eichengreen
- Long
- Experience
- Society