"I write a book of poems and then the characters won't go away so I write a play from that."

“I looked about for some of my acquaintance, but in vain, for I saw not one person that I knew, which is very odd, for all the world seemed there.”

“The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.”

“A champion isn’t made of muscle; a champion is made of heart.”

“You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.”

“Do not be afraid of cooking as your ingredients will know, and misbehave. Enjoy your cooking and the food will behave; moreover it will pass your pleasure on to those who eat it.”

Source : Fergus Henderson (2012). “The Complete Nose to Tail: A Kind of British Cooking”, p.5, A&C Black

“If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give.”

“Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.”

Source : Tim Fountain, Quentin Crisp (2001). “Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp Explains it All”, MIT Press

“One doesn't defend one's god: one's god is in himself a defense.”