People will kill you. Over time. They will shave out every last morsel of fun in you with little, harmless sounding phrases that people uses every day, like: ‘Be realistic!'” (2009)]
I don’t do drugs. If I want a rush I just stand up when I’m not expecting it.
Don’t do it! Stay away from your potential. You’ll mess it up, it’s potential, leave it. Anyway, it’s like your bank balance – you always have a lot less than you think.
Its not easy being a man you know. I had to get dressed today… and there are other pressures.
A man does not know how he came by the half a pie he is holding in his hand!
People will kill you. Over time. They will shave out every last morsel of fun in you with little, harmless sounding phrases that people uses every day, like: ‘Be realis
People will kill you over time. And how they’ll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases like ‘be realistic’.
Or that other bullshit, ‘I need more space.’ People never quantify exactly how much space they need, but strangely enough it always seems to be the exact same height, depth, and breadth as you.
The terror of failure can make you feel like a failure. So a bunch of people think you’re not very good at your thing. How much do you invest in what they say? How much do you care? Failure is not putting yourself on the line.
I’m actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.
I’m just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I’ve built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity – a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn’t do anything.
I don’t want to do panel games or adverts. I really like challenges. I always get roles as an art teacher or a photographer. In the future I want to play something like a mugger/assassin/pastry chef.
I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate.
I fear we might be losing the basic human facility to be alone – and with that you throw out independent decision-making, what to trust, what not to trust; key stuff – a perilous loss.
Children are the most honest critics. They will say ‘You’re funny’, but also ‘You’re pathetic – go away.’
I have a very low level of recognition, which is fine by me.
I don’t know that you’re able to measure your aggregate wisdom as you go through life. I can’t say that I ever feel that I’m sitting on top of a growing mound of wisdom.