Letter from Quentin CrispI was seventeen when I got this letter from the very funny and eccentric bon vivant Quentin Crisp.  I believe what happened was that I saw an appearance of his on Letterman, where he mentioned that his phone number was published in the NYC directory.  On a lark, I called New York information, got the number and dialed, and sure enough he did answer the phone.  Not really having much to talk about at that moment, I told him I was a fan and asked him if I could write him a letter, so he gave me his address and I did just that.  I was so excited that he wrote me back!  But I never did come up with much more to talk about so the correspondence ended there.  Bless his heart.

(Over at Crisperanto.org there’s a whole section devoted to Quentin’s letters, including this one.  It’s good reading, I recommend you go over there right now if you enjoyed the one I got.)