Joe Orton quotes
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“The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.”
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“I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair.”
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“On our way home we were waiting for the bus when a very fat, pompous-looking woman reeled out of a pub shouting, "Melancholia? Ad nauseam.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : "The Orton Diaries". Edited by John Lahr, p. 137, 1986.
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“Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : Joe Orton (2013). “What The Butler Saw”, p.27, A&C Black
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“People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . . There's nothing incredible about it.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : "The Complete Plays".
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“Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : 'Loot' (1967) act 1
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“It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : 'Entertaining Mr Sloane' (1964) act 3
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“With madness, as with vomit, it's the passerby who receives the inconvenience.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : Joe Orton (2013). “Entertaining Mr Sloane”, p.9, A&C Black
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“God is a gentleman. He prefers blondes”
-- Joe OrtonSource : Joe Orton (2014). “Loot”, p.97, A&C Black
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“FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : Joe Orton (2014). “Orton Complete Plays: Entertaining Mr Sloane; Loot; What the Butler; Ruffian; Erpingham Camp; Funeral Games; Good & ...”, p.255, A&C Black
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“I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : Entertaining Mr. Sloane act 1 (1964)
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“You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : What the Butler Saw (1969) act 1
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“Cleanse my heart... Give me the ability to rage correctly”
-- Joe OrtonSource : Joe Orton (2014). “Orton Complete Plays: Entertaining Mr Sloane; Loot; What the Butler; Ruffian; Erpingham Camp; Funeral Games; Good & ...”, p.14, A&C Black
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“Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : Loot (1967) act 2
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“The Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility.”
-- Joe OrtonSource : Joe Orton (1998). “The Visitors: Fred and Madge : Two Plays”, p.13, Grove Press
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