“I can't imagine anyone ever again being able to make a film like, say, Summer Holiday, for instance, to give a British example, actually. And there will never be another Annette Funicello. I suppose it's the slight starchiness of the innocence that makes it unrepeatable.” GivingI CanAbleFilmImagineExampleSummerBritishInstanceInnocenceHoliday Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“Perhaps I can also add something about the rural setting of Remember You're a One-Ball! The countryside is a place - in mythological and perhaps in very real terms - of mixed innocence and sin. It is seen by townsfolk as idyllic, lazy, free of urban crime and social problems. But those who grow up in the country can tell stories that often surprise those who grow up in the towns.” I CanRealCountryStoriesProblemRememberSocialGrowsTermSinGrowing UpCrimeBallsTownsAddSurpriseSettingSettingsInnocenceLazyUrbanCountrysideRemember YouRemembers YouSocial ProblemsIdyllic Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“Some people have described Daoism as pantheist, and although there's something in me that resists this designation, I can see that Daoism is consistent with pantheism. If there is any way in which pantheism makes sense and is not redundant, then it is the way (or 'the Way') presented in Daoism.” PeopleIfsWayI CanMake SenseConsistentPantheismRedundantDesignation Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“There's a possible qualification I can make here about a non-pantheist god that is in some way tenable, and that is the idea of a god that has in some way discharged the universe from its own substance (I associate this with the word 'tzimtzum'), possibly even by a form of suicide - a suicide that might have been the Big Bang.” WayHas BeensI CanIdeasBigsMightFormUniverseSuicideSubstanceAssociatesMight Have BeenBangsQualifications Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I suppose what I can say is that I do feel I have a natural spiritual sensibility.” FeelsI CanSpiritualNaturalSensibility Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I'm not an expert here. I'm talking about an experience I had rather than something I intellectually worked out. From what I can gather, the original mystery religions are still, largely, as the name suggests, mysterious. But they are associated with intoxication, fertility and resurrection.” StillsI CanNamesTalkingMysteryOriginalsMysteriousExpertsResurrectionIntoxicationFertility Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“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.” FeelsI CanIdeasHardRealityWould BeInterestingBonesWearyMarrowChilledInteresting Ideas Author:Quentin S. Crisp
