Quentin Crisp's Book of Quotations: 1000 Observations on Life and Love By, For, and About Gay Men and Women

by Quentin Crisp (Compiler), Amy Appleby (Editor)

This book dramatically documents the past century of change in gay life through quotations, arranged by subject, from sources as diverse as Aristotle and Woody Allen.

Genres: Reference, LGBT

303 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Quentin Crisp, born Denis Charles Pratt, was an English writer, artist's model, actor and raconteur known for his memorable and insightful witticisms. He became a gay icon in the 1970s after publication of his memoir, The Naked Civil Servant, brought to the attention of the general public his defiant exhibitionism and longstanding refusal to remain in the closet.