The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. She said, "I wish you hadn't made every line funny. It's so depressing." (Quentin Crisp)

The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. She said, "I wish you hadn't made every line funny. It's so depressing."

Quentin Crisp

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