Quentin Crisp
English writer and actor
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
There are three reasons for becoming a writer. The first is that you need the money; the second, that you have something to say that you think the world should know; and the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.
—Quentin Crisp, English writer and actor, The Naked Civil Servant, 1968
Posted on May 4, 2000 at 6:21 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
—Quentin Crisp, English writer and actor, Manners from Heaven, 1984
Posted on September 26, 2000 at 8:30 AM
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