Quotes by Crisp, Quentin

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opp >>

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed wi >>

If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a >>

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an >>

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, re >>

If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.

Crisp, Quentin