KENNETH WILLIAMS

I wonder if anyone will ever know the emptiness of my life. Personal Diary -- Last entry Oh whats the point?

Fundamentally, diaries are about loneliness.

I didn't like the King's Cross world: it was grimy and dirty. I always envisioned myself in much more romantic and grand surroundings. I never really thought that I belonged to the working-class area at all.

They say Im demonic in humor in the sense that I think people need somebody to wake up their mental processes.

People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can be very shocking and that, in my view, gives greater involvement.

I see myself as a roving mosquito, choosing it's target.

A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor he's not alone in the way he feels about himself.

We know grooming is important for people. To get their hair done, to get makeup and things like that - that makes a person feel better.

I can't stand innuendo. If I see one in a script I whip it out immediately.

All problems have to be solved eventually by ONESELF, and that's where all your lovely John Donne stuff turns out to be a load of crap because, in the last analysis, A MAN IS AN ISLAND.

I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look.

I see myself as a roving mosquito, choosing it's target.

The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.

We know grooming is important for people. To get their hair done, to get makeup and things like that - that makes a person feel better.

People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can be very shocking and that, in my view, gives greater involvement.

It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.

A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor he's not alone in the way he feels about himself.

I didn't like the King's Cross world: it was grimy and dirty. I always envisioned myself in much more romantic and grand surroundings. I never really thought that I belonged to the working-class area at all.

I can't stand innuendo. If I see one in a script I whip it out immediately.

I wonder if anyone will ever know the emptiness of my life. Personal Diary -- Last entry Oh whats the point?

They say Im demonic in humor in the sense that I think people need somebody to wake up their mental processes.

All problems have to be solved eventually by ONESELF, and that's where all your lovely John Donne stuff turns out to be a load of crap because, in the last analysis, A MAN IS AN ISLAND.

Fundamentally, diaries are about loneliness.