Quentin Crisp Quotes
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I like going after good material, well-written material.
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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Crawford washed her hands a lot. She washed her arms all the way up past her elbows. She just couldn't get enough done in that direction. She was compulsive about being clean, clean, clean!
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.
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What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?
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Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
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To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisers.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.
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We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
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Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.
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My grandparents don't really listen to pop music, and they only speak Spanish and only listen to Spanish music.
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I try to forget the past.
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You know, as an only child, you're kind of in a bubble, and there are all sorts of things about my childhood that I still can't really place.
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Disobedience to conscience is voluntary; bad poetry, on the other hand, is usually not made on purpose.
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Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
