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Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "We all know about the car breaking down on a deserted road scenario. That's cliché. I'm thinking more of Cider with Rosie, as in, the dark side."

We all know about the car breaking down on a deserted road scenario. That's cliché. I'm thinking more of Cider with Rosie, as in, the dark side.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "If there is innocence on Earth again, I tend to imagine it in more [Henry David]Thoreau sort of terms."

If there is innocence on Earth again, I tend to imagine it in more [Henry David]Thoreau sort of terms.




Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I think the seventies caught the last red rays of the dying sun of this innocence, but were already a little cold and drab."

I think the seventies caught the last red rays of the dying sun of this innocence, but were already a little cold and drab.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I think I'm probably too close to the seventies to be able to analyse them (it?) effectively."

I think I'm probably too close to the seventies to be able to analyse them (it?) effectively.




Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I seem to be less depressed but also less hopeful now in my thirties. My widow's peak bothers me. I think a lot about the end of the human race. And so on."

I seem to be less depressed but also less hopeful now in my thirties. My widow's peak bothers me. I think a lot about the end of the human race. And so on.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write."

This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "The quality of that 'who I am', is what I hope comes out in the writing."

The quality of that 'who I am', is what I hope comes out in the writing.




Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I would say that, apart from being a writer, I have also always been very conscious of the idea of a 'world elsewhere'."

I would say that, apart from being a writer, I have also always been very conscious of the idea of a 'world elsewhere'.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "In the meditation, of course, the question is repeated and repeated until you run out of answers - or so I hear."

In the meditation, of course, the question is repeated and repeated until you run out of answers - or so I hear.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I don't believe in sexual love."

I don't believe in sexual love.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I've drifted in and out of vegetarianism for years."

I've drifted in and out of vegetarianism for years.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I have a bit of a struggle with some aspects of or forms of Buddhism, but Zen I find to be mainly congenial."

I have a bit of a struggle with some aspects of or forms of Buddhism, but Zen I find to be mainly congenial.




Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "People didn't talk about paedophiles in the seventies, I don't think."

People didn't talk about paedophiles in the seventies, I don't think.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "Lots of things were there [in the seventies], in the social experience, but not quite named, lurking like a stranger on the edge of the playground."

Lots of things were there [in the seventies], in the social experience, but not quite named, lurking like a stranger on the edge of the playground.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "Speaking of [Philip] Larkin, in his poem about the First World War he wrote something like, "Never such innocence, before or since, that turned itself to past without a word"."

Speaking of [Philip] Larkin, in his poem about the First World War he wrote something like, "Never such innocence, before or since, that turned itself to past without a word".



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I associate my childhood with two things, mainly: the North Devon countryside and a sense of connection to another world."

I associate my childhood with two things, mainly: the North Devon countryside and a sense of connection to another world.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "It's interesting, the sense of pastoral utopia that exists in so much fantasy - in [Edward ] Dunsany, [John R.R.] Tolkien and so on."

It's interesting, the sense of pastoral utopia that exists in so much fantasy - in [Edward ] Dunsany, [John R.R.] Tolkien and so on.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I think the natural is, for many people, the gateway to something supernatural or otherworldly."

I think the natural is, for many people, the gateway to something supernatural or otherworldly.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I suppose I could say that to be interested in innocence already suggests a remove from innocence, perhaps a longing for something that is lost."

I 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 Quotes: "1977 was also, of course, the year that Derek Jarman made his iconoclastic film Jubilee, which was so much part of the punk movement."

1977 was also, of course, the year that Derek Jarman made his iconoclastic film Jubilee, which was so much part of the punk movement.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "We're all more or less interested in the 'swinging sixties', of course, but that's not what I mean. I'm interested in the particular naive glamour that clings to the post-war and pre-Hendrix era."

We're all more or less interested in the 'swinging sixties', of course, but that's not what I mean. I'm interested in the particular naive glamour that clings to the post-war and pre-Hendrix era.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "It's true that Eastern philosophy and religion were not unknown to me as a child, since my father has explored much in that area, and written books more or less in that area, too."

It's true that Eastern philosophy and religion were not unknown to me as a child, since my father has explored much in that area, and written books more or less in that area, too.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I do not think that my spiritual apprehensions are as dogmatically cultural as those of many people who have been brought up strictly in a particular tradition."

I do not think that my spiritual apprehensions are as dogmatically cultural as those of many people who have been brought up strictly in a particular tradition.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "You might call this innocence. I had a sense of another world that had not been spoken of to me."

You might call this innocence. I had a sense of another world that had not been spoken of to me.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I did not understand the differences between Catholic and Protestant until I was an adult."

I did not understand the differences between Catholic and Protestant until I was an adult.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I never went to church as a child. I did not ."

I never went to church as a child. I did not .



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I'm not claiming anything like sainthood - merely a native perception."

I'm not claiming anything like sainthood - merely a native perception.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I suppose what I can say is that I do feel I have a natural spiritual sensibility."

I suppose what I can say is that I do feel I have a natural spiritual sensibility.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "The cultural products of America from this period [ fifties and sixties] are like a vision of paradise or something. I find it utterly intoxicating."

The cultural products of America from this period [ fifties and sixties] are like a vision of paradise or something. I find it utterly intoxicating.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "My favourite tea is lapsang souchong."

My favourite tea is lapsang souchong.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I'm more a dog person than a cat person."

I'm more a dog person than a cat person.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I grew up in North Devon, by the sea, and feel a special affinity for the landscape there, despite a lack of actual ancestry."

I grew up in North Devon, by the sea, and feel a special affinity for the landscape there, despite a lack of actual ancestry.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I was born in the seventies, age of bad haircuts and grainy colour photos."

I was born in the seventies, age of bad haircuts and grainy colour photos.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I've never been baptised."

I've never been baptised.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "[My muse] is, in fact, a woman of the world, and precisely because of this, hopes that a diversity of cultures will endure, and that one bland monoculture does not swamp everything."

[My muse] is, in fact, a woman of the world, and precisely because of this, hopes that a diversity of cultures will endure, and that one bland monoculture does not swamp everything.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "If we do want to do that [ colonise space to survive, ], then vacuous materialism is not going to be enough for us."

If we do want to do that [ colonise space to survive, ], then vacuous materialism is not going to be enough for us.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "If we do overcome linear time, I would hope this means dwelling more directly in the fertility of the imagination rather than denying it, as some aspects of Buddhism seem to."

If we do overcome linear time, I would hope this means dwelling more directly in the fertility of the imagination rather than denying it, as some aspects of Buddhism seem to.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "Some Buddhists, however, never seem to get past the void, and I suppose I view this as a kind of Buddhist 'Old Testament' that I don't especially like."

Some Buddhists, however, never seem to get past the void, and I suppose I view this as a kind of Buddhist 'Old Testament' that I don't especially like.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains." My rejection of Buddhism was a cutting down of mountains; that is precisely how it felt to me."

I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains." My rejection of Buddhism was a cutting down of mountains; that is precisely how it felt to me.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "Non-pantheist models for god seem almost completely untenable to me, though not without interest."

Non-pantheist models for god seem almost completely untenable to me, though not without interest.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "The peculiar thing is that, in focusing only on the here and now, Buddhism seems to despise the world."

The peculiar thing is that, in focusing only on the here and now, Buddhism seems to despise the world.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "The imagination is fertile. From seeds of the imagination, much is made manifest."

The imagination is fertile. From seeds of the imagination, much is made manifest.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "There's a strong aspect of Buddhism which is geared towards ending all fertility."

There's a strong aspect of Buddhism which is geared towards ending all fertility.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "People may wish to say that the thing that is in conflict with my creativity is not Buddhism - that's fine."

People may wish to say that the thing that is in conflict with my creativity is not Buddhism - that's fine.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "Anyway, to cut off one's biological dreams seems to me the most fundamental form of psychic castration that you could imagine."

Anyway, to cut off one's biological dreams seems to me the most fundamental form of psychic castration that you could imagine.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I really think [William] Burroughs was onto something here, when he said, "Dreams are a biologic necessity and your lifeline into space.""

I really think [William] Burroughs was onto something here, when he said, "Dreams are a biologic necessity and your lifeline into space."



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "In terms of what is expressed, antinatalism is a strong presence, not always explicit, in what I write."

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



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "It would be hard to say that exactly, but antinatalism is a reality in my life, not just an interesting idea. I can feel it in the chilled and weary marrow of my bones."

It would be hard to say that exactly, but antinatalism is a reality in my life, not just an interesting idea. I can feel it in the chilled and weary marrow of my bones.



Quentin S. Crisp Quotes: "I went for a walk in the rain. Recently, whenever it rains, I feel like I want to go for a walk."

I went for a walk in the rain. Recently, whenever it rains, I feel like I want to go for a walk.