All Spalding Gray Quotes
- One of the ways to reincarnate is to tell your story. Inspirational
- All the beautiful waitresses existed like eternal responsibilities. All
- And just as I was climbing into that first-class seat, and wrapping myself in a blanket, just as I was adjusting my pillow behind my… Adjusting
- I'm kind of this control freak that likes to create his own hells before the real one can get to him Control
- I fantasize about going back to high school with the knowledge I have now. I would shine. I would have a good time, I would… Any
- I was darkly convinced that at age 52 I would kill myself because my mother committed suicide at that age. I was fantasizing that she… Age
- The fact that New York continues in the face of all of the chaos, of the crime, of the madness, you just think that it… All
- Everything is contingent, and there is also chaos. Chaos
- I refer to jet lag as 'jet-psychosis - there's an old saying that the spirit cannot move faster than a camel. Camel
- I see [my pen] as an extension of my musculature. It's like being a painter. It's the closest I can get to my breath. Breath
- Real life has always let me down. That's why I do the monologues. I have always said I would rather tell a life than live… Always Let
- The only thing I don't doubt is my doubt. Doubt
- I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And… Artist
- If I can make people laugh it's like being a good lover. Good
- I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup. New
- I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them. Arms
- Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven hours. Better
- I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of… America
- He won't fly on the Balinese airline, Garuda, because he won't fly on any airline where the pilots believe in reincarnation. Airline
- I was raised as an upper-class WASP in New England, and there was this old tradition there that everyone would simply be guided into the… Class
- I think of my father and how confused he was by me. He understood my love for theater, and he understood that New York City… America
- When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the living room. Breakdown
- Radio allowed me to be a creator, and TV stole that creation from me by literalizing - and to some extent limiting - my vision. Allowed
- When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance. Ask