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Quentin Crisp

Born

in Sutton, Surrey, England, The United Kingdom

December 25, 1908

Died

November 21, 1999

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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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. ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 12,104 ratings · 927 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp, Michael Holroyd (Preface) 4.04 avg rating — 2,802 ratings — published 1968 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Become a Virgin 3.98 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resident Alien: The New York Diaries 4.07 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manners from Heaven: A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour 4.14 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Have a Lifestyle 3.85 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1979 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Word: An Autobiography by Quentin Crisp, Phillip Ward (Editor), Laurence Watts (Editor) 4.42 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp by Quentin Crisp, Guy Kettelhack 4.18 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Go to the Movies 3.84 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Naked Civil Servant; How To Become A Virgin; Resident Alien 4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chog by Quentin Crisp, Gahan Wilson 3.53 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?”
― Quentin Crisp, The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp

tags: atheism, idiocy

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“Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.”
― Quentin Crisp

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“The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.”
― Quentin Crisp

tags: life, teenagers

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