“I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control...” — Billy Childish Quote

“I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work.”

“A moustache to a man is the same as a fringe is to a woman. When you've got it, you want to grow it out; when you've grown it out, you want to cut it.”

“I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s and M.A.s. The reason I hated them is that I don't like being tested, failed or falsely praised by anyone.”

“The first Black Migration to this country was forced migration. It was the Middle Passage.”

“On the 'Star,' you were forced to learn to write a simple declarative sentence. This is useful to anyone. Newspaper work will not harm a young writer and could help him if he gets out of it in time.”

“Whatever we'll be forced to do later, we should be doing now.”